Election
gubernatorial election
The 1820 New York gubernatorial election was held in April 1820 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York.
Incumbent Governor DeWitt Clinton was re-elected to a second term in office over Daniel D. Tompkins, his predecessor and the Vice President of the United States.
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The 1820 New York gubernatorial election was held in April 1820 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York.
Incumbent Governor DeWitt Clinton was re-elected to a second term in office over Daniel D. Tompkins, his predecessor and the Vice President of the United States.
The Clintonian faction of the Democratic-Republican Party nominated incumbent DeWitt Clinton. For Lieutenant Governor they nominated incumbent John Tayler.
The anti-Clintonian faction of the Democratic-Republican Party nominated Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins.
The Clintonian ticket of Clinton and Tayler was elected.
Text from the Wikipedia article “1820 New York gubernatorial election”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.