Washington Hunt Whig Horatio Seymour Democratic Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: The 1852 New York state election was held on November 2, 1852, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.

[1] The Whig state convention met on September 22 at the City Hall in Syracuse, Henry W. Taylor from Ontario County presided.

They nominated Tompkins, Gates, Wheaton, Curtis, and Hiram Barney and Alfred Babcock for presidential electors at large.

Seth M Gates and Charles A. Wheaton ran for the second time (also 1848) unsuccessfully for Lt. Gov.

86 Democrats, 41 Whigs and one Independent were elected for the session of 1853 to the New York State Assembly.