1896 New York state election

The Democratic state convention met on September 17 at Buffalo, New York, and endorsed the Free Silver platform of the Democratic national convention. Mayor of Albany John Boyd Thacher, a Gold Democrat, was nominated for governor on the first ballot (vote: Thacher 332, William Sulzer (Free Silver) 88, Wilbur F. Porter 20). Wilbur F. Porter (Free Silver) for lieutenant governor, and Robert C. Titus for the Court of Appeals, were nominated by acclamation. Thacher declined to run, and the Democratic State Committee met on September 28 at the Hotel Bartholdi in New York City, Elliott Danforth presided. They moved Porter one step up, and substituted Frederick C. Schraub (Free Silver) on the ticket for lieutenant governor. ==Result==

The whole Republican ticket was elected. The incumbent Vann was re-elected. At this time, automatic "ballot status" required 10,000 votes, which was reached by all parties. A total of 9,497 blank, void, and scattering ballots are excluded from the infobox below: Obs.: For candidates nominated on more than one ticket, the numbers are the total votes on all tickets. ==See also==