The delegates to the Conservative Union state convention arrived on September 10 at
Albany, New York. This convention was the result of the still ongoing party re-alignment after the
American Civil War. The convention was an attempt by allies of
President Andrew Johnson to unite
Conservative Republicans and
Democrats in a new party.
Thurlow Weed was a delegate.
John Adams Dix was talked of to be nominated for governor. The convention met on September 11 and 12 at Tweddle Hall.
Sanford E. Church was temporary chairman and president.
Mayor of New York John T. Hoffman (a Democrat of
Tammany Hall) was nominated for governor by acclamation. Robert H. Pruyn (a Republican) was nominated for lieutenant governor on the first ballot (vote: Pruyn 169, Harlow L. Comstock 85). William W. Wright (who had been Canal Commissioner from 1862 to 1863) for Canal Commissioner, and Francis B. Gallagher for prison inspector, were also nominated by acclamation. ==Result==