Two chairmen, one Hard and one Soft, were elected who sat one beside the other and commenced proceedings ignoring each other.
After some ensuing confusion, the Hards moved out, convened elsewhere, and nominated a state ticket.
Benjamin F. Bruce was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Ex-Governor Washington Hunt to preside over the convention.
Only the jointly nominated Democratic judges of the Court of Appeals, Ruggles and Denio, were elected.
23 Whigs, 7 Hards and 2 Softs were elected to a two-year term (1854–55) in the New York State Senate.
78 Whigs, 24 Hards, 24 Softs and 2 Free Democrats were elected for the session of 1854 to the New York State Assembly.