1914 New York state election
The 1914 New York state election was held on November 3, 1914, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, a U.S. Senator and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate, and delegates-at-large to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915.
Image: Portrait of Charles S. Whitman
Image: Martin H. Glynn
Image: William Sulzer, portrait taken by Chicago studio
Martin Henry Glynn was an American politician. He was the 40th governor of New York from 1913 to 1914, the first Irish American Roman Catholic head of government of what was then the most populated state of the United States. A Democrat, he signed a number of important reforms, including the direct primary and labor laws.
Glynn in 1910
Glynn as a Congressman in 1901. Bain Collection, Library of Congress.
The gravesite of Governor Glynn