1828 New York gubernatorial election

1828 New York gubernatorial election

← 1826 November 3–5, 1828 1830 →
 
Nominee Martin Van Buren Smith Thompson Solomon Southwick
Party Democratic National Republican Anti-Masonic
Popular vote 136,794 106,444 33,345
Percentage 49.46% 38.48% 12.06%

Governor before election

Nathaniel Pitcher
Democratic-Republican

Elected Governor

Martin Van Buren
Democratic

The 1828 New York gubernatorial election was held from November 3 to 5, 1828, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York.

United States Senator Martin Van Buren was elected Governor over United States Supreme Court Justice Smith Thompson and journalist Solomon Southwick. This is the first election to feature a winning candidate who eventually became President of the United States. This is the first election to also feature a winning candidate who eventually became both Vice President of the United States and President of the United States.


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