1856 New York state election

1856 New York gubernatorial election

← 1854 November 4, 1856 1858 →
 
Nominee John Alsop King Amasa J. Parker Erastus Brooks
Party Republican Democratic Know Nothing
Popular vote 264,400 198,616 130,870
Percentage 44.52% 33.44% 22.04%

County Results

Governor before election

Myron Clark
Whig

Elected Governor

John Alsop King
Republican

The 1856 New York state election was held on November 4, 1856, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a Canal Commissioner, an Inspector of State Prisons and the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.


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