1882 New York gubernatorial election

The 1882 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882.

Republican incumbent Alonzo B. Cornell ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated for the Republican nomination by Charles J. Folger, the Secretary of the Treasury under President Chester A. Arthur. Folger's nomination was a victory for President Arthur and the Stalwart faction of the state party, but he was badly defeated in the general election by the mayor of Buffalo, Grover Cleveland.

Candidates

 * Alonzo B. Cornell, incumbent Governor since 1880
 * Charles J. Folger, United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * John C. Robinson, former president of the Grand Army of the Republic and Lieutenant Governor
 * John H. Starin, former U.S. Representative from Fultonville
 * James Wolcott Wadsworth, U.S. Representative from Geneseo

Convention
The Republican state convention met on September 20 at Saratoga Springs. The Half-Breed faction led by Governor Alonzo B. Cornell opposed the Stalwart faction led by former U.S. Senators Roscoe Conkling and Thomas C. Platt, in league with railroad magnate Jay Gould.

The State Committee met at 9 o'clock at Congress Hall and elected Edward M. Madden, a Half-Breed, to be temporary chairman of the convention (vote Madden (St.) 18, Edmund L. Pitts (H.-B.) 14). The convention opened at half past 10 at Town Hall. The roll was called by John W. Vrooman, the Clerk of the New York State Senate. When Madden was proposed for temporary chairman, the Half-Breeds objected and proposed Pitts, and a vote was taken. Madden received 251, Pitts 243, showing an almost evenly divided convention with a slight Stalwart majority. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger (St.) was nominated for governor on the second ballot (first ballot: Folger 223, Cornell [incumbent] 180, James W. Wadsworth 69, John H. Starin 19, John C. Robinson 6; second ballot: Folger 257, Cornell 222, Wadsworth 18).

Democratic nomination
The Democratic state convention met on September 22 at Shakespeare Hall in Syracuse, New York. The Tammany delegates were admitted again, and the rift in the Party was bridged over. Grover Cleveland was nominated for Governor.

Candidates

 * Grover Cleveland, mayor of Buffalo (Democratic)
 * Charles J. Folger, United States Secretary of the Treasury (Republican)
 * Alonzo A. Hopkins, professor and perennial candidate (Prohibition)
 * Epenetus Howe, Speedsville farmer and candidate for Secretary of State in 1881 (Greenback)