New York state election, 1908

The 1908 New York state election was held on November 3, 1908, to elect the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.

The Prohibition state convention met on September 2 at Syracuse, New York. Rev. Dr. George E. Stockwell, of Fort Plain, was nominated for Governor on the first ballot (vote: Stockwell 232, Hudson 219). The defeated contender, Marshall A. Hudson, of Syracuse, was nominated for Lieutenant Governor. The convention also nominated Edgar T. Welch, of Westfield, for Secretary of State; Harrison L. Hoyt, of Auburn, for Comptroller; William T. Richardson, of Wellsville, for Treasurer; W. F. L. Manierre, of New York City, for Attorney General; and Albert W. Pierson, of Niagara Falls, for State Engineer. Welch declined to run, and the Prohibition State Executive Committee met on September 23 at Syracuse and substituted James C. Crawford, of Mount Vernon, on the ticket. They also nominated Coleridge A. Hart for the Court of Appeals.

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