1850 New York gubernatorial election

1850 New York gubernatorial election
November 5, 1850
 
Nominee Washington Hunt Horatio Seymour
Party Whig Democratic
Alliance Anti-Rent Union
Popular vote 214,614 214,352
Percentage 49.64% 49.58%
County results
Hunt:      50–60%      60–70%
Seymour:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Hamilton Fish
Whig

Elected Governor

Washington Hunt
Whig

The 1850 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1850. Incumbent Governor Hamilton Fish was not a candidate for re-election. Washington Hunt was elected to succeed him, defeating Horatio Seymour in the latter's first run for governor. Seymour would go on to serve two terms in office and be nominated for President of the United States in 1868.

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