1872 New York state election

John C. Robinson was nominated for lieutenant governor, Lyman Tremain for U.S. Representative-at-large, Reuben W. Stroud for Canal Commissioner and Ezra Graves for Prison Inspector.

[1] The Democratic state convention met on September 4 at Wieting Hall in Syracuse, New York.

[3] The Liberal Republican[4] state conventions met on the same day at Shakespeare Hall in Syracuse, New York.

During the day, haggling with the Democratic delegates about the state ticket continued, then the convention adjourned.

[5] On September 5, the conference committees of both conventions agreed upon a division of the slate, and the Democrats proceeded to nominate Francis Kernan for governor in the middle of taking a second ballot (on the first ballot, Sanford E. Church had received 15 to 20 votes), and John F. Hubbard Jr. for Canal Commissioner.