1876 New York state election
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The 1876 New York state election was held on November 7, 1876, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State
Lucius Robinson
Edwin D. Morgan
Horatio Seymour
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Horatio Seymour was an American politician. He served as the eighteenth Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and again from 1863 to 1864. He was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 186
1876 New York state election
…convention endorsed the Republican ticket. The Democratic state convention met on August 30 at Saratoga Springs. Judge Gray was chairman. Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour (in office 1853-1854 and 1863–1864) was nominated for Governor again. The convention re-assembled on August 31, and re-nominated the incumbent Lieutenant…
Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1860–1865
Campaign rally celebrating Seymour's election
Seymour in an undated photograph
Campaign badge, 1868, from the New York Public Library, Schomberg Collection