1920 New York gubernatorial election

The 1920 New York gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1920, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

1920 New York gubernatorial election

November 2, 1920

Nominee Nathan L. Miller Al Smith Joseph D. Cannon Party Republican Democratic Socialist Popular vote 1,334,540 1,260,335 171,907 Percentage 46.66% 43.82% 5.98%

Governor before election Al Smith Democratic Elected Governor Nathan L. Miller Republican

Despite losing reelection Al Smith would win the nomination as the Democratic candidate in the 1928 Presidential Election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Al Smith, incumbent Governor

Results

New York gubernatorial Democratic primary, 1920[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Smith	166,628	100.00%
Total votes			166,628	100%

Republican primary

Candidates

• Nathan L. Miller, State Comptroller
• George F. Thompson, attorney

Results

New York gubernatorial Republican primary, 1920[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathan L. Miller	270,963	65.45%
	Republican	George F. Thompson	143,040	34.55%
Total votes			414,003	100%

Independents and third parties

Socialist Party of America

• Joseph D. Cannon

Farmer–Labor Party

• Dudley Field Malone, attorney and political activist

Prohibition Party

• George F. Thompson, attorney (previously ran as Republican)

General election

Results

New York gubernatorial election, 1920[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathan L. Miller	1,334,540	46.66%
	Democratic	Al Smith	1,009,936	43.82%
	Socialist	Joseph D. Cannon	171,907	5.98%
	Farmer-Labor	Dudley Field Malone	68,477	2.38%
	Prohibition	George F. Thompson	35,509	1.23%
	Socialist Labor	John P. Quinn	5,015	0.17%
Total votes			2,875,783	100%

References

1. "New York gubernatorial Republican Democratic, 1920".
2. "New York gubernatorial Republican primary, 1920".
3. "New York gubernatorial election, 1920".