Roosevelt:      50-60%      60-70% Al Smith Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: The 1928 New York state elections were held on November 6, 1928, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the state comptroller, the attorney general, a U.S.

[6] As a result of Hackett's death in early 1926, the Democratic Party in New York next turned to Edwin Corning as their likely nominee for governor in 1928.

[7] Corning was a leader of Daniel P. O'Connell's Democratic organization in Albany, and had been elected Lieutenant Governor in 1926.

[9] As a result of Hackett's death and Corning's poor health, in 1928 New York Democrats attempted to recruit several other prominent politicians to run, including Robert F. Wagner, George R. Lunn, and Peter G. Ten Eyck.

[10] After those efforts failed, the party turned to Franklin D. Roosevelt to make the 1928 governor's race.