How would you have voted?: New York Gubernatorial Elections

[Phony Moderate]

OurCampaigns usually seems to be the best place for pre-1970s statewide races, so here's a link for the 1946 race. Click on the date under "Next General Election" for details on that race, and so on.

1946 - Thomas E. Dewey (Republican)
1950 - John T. McManus (American Labor)
1954 - W. Averell Harriman (Democratic)
1958 - Nelson Rockefeller (Republican)
1962 - Robert M. Morgenthau (Democratic)
1966 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Liberal)
1970 - Arthur Goldberg (Democratic)
1974 - Hugh Carey (Democratic)
1978 - Hugh Carey (Democratic)
1982 - Mario Cuomo (Democratic)
1986 - Mario Cuomo (Democratic)
1990 - Mario Cuomo (Democratic)
1994 - Mario Cuomo (Democratic)
1998 - Peter F. Vallone Sr. (Democratic)
2002 - Carl McCall (Democratic)
2006 - Eliot Spitzer (Democratic)
2010 - Jimmy McMillan (Rent Is Too Damn High)

[Kitteh]

Going even further back:

1912: Charles Edward Russell (Socialist)
1914: Frederick M. Davenport (Progressive)
1916: Algernon Lee (Socialist)
1918: Charles Ervin (Socialist)
1920: Joseph Cannon (Socialist)
1922: Edward F. Cassidy (Socialist/Farmer-Labor)
1924: Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1926: Jacob Panken (Socialist)
1928: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1930: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
1932: Herbert H. Lehman (Democratic)
1934: Herbert H. Lehman (Democratic)
1936: Herbert H. Lehman (Democratic/American Labor)
1938: Herbert H. Lehman (Democratic/American Labor)
1942: Dean Alfange (American Labor)
1946: James M. Mead (Democratic/Liberal/American Labor)
1950: John T. McManus (American Labor)
1954: W. Averell Harriman (Democratic/Liberal)
1958: W. Averell Harriman (Democratic/Liberal)
1962: Robert M. Morgenthau (Democratic/Liberal)
1966: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Liberal)
1970: Arthur Goldberg (Democratic/Liberal)
1974: Hugh Carey (Democratic/Liberal) (Reluctantly, not a fan of his but no better option)
1978: Hugh Carey (Democratic) (See above)
1982: Mario Cuomo (Democratic/Liberal)
1986: Mario Cuomo (Democratic/Liberal)
1990: Mario Cuomo (Democratic/Liberal)
1994: Mario Cuomo (Democratic/Liberal)
1998: Peter F. Vallone Sr. (Democratic/Working Families)
2002: Carl McCall (Democratic/Working Families)
2006: Elliot Spitzer (Democratic/Working Families)
2010: Howie Hawkins (Green)

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

While in something like a list of U.S. Presidential Elections I'd like to go back to the very beginning, New York has too large a history with too many elections to do that, and I have too little knowledge to make up for that. With that given, I'll settle with just doing 1938-onward, the first off-year election for Governor for a four year term.

Keep in mind that the person voting here is me as I am now. Had I been in the socio-economic position of a Catholic person in the 1930's, I might be voting very differently.

1938: District Attorney Thomas Dewey (R)
1942: District Attorney Thomas Dewey (R)
1946: Governor Thomas Dewey (R)
1950: Governor Thomas Dewey (R)
1954: Senator Irving M. Ives (R)
1958: Former Deputy Secretary of H.E.W. Nelson A. Rockefeller (R)
1962: David H. Jaquith (C)
1966: Paul Adams (C)
1970: Paul Adams (C)
1974: Governor Malcolm Wilson (R)

--To be continued--

[Donerail]

1946: James M. Mead (D) (not a fan of Dewey's faction)
1950: John T. McManus (AL) (3rd party)
1954: Irving Ives (R) (funny feeling about Harriman)
1958: Nelson Rockefeller (R)
1962: Robert M. Morgenthau (D)
1966: Frank O'Connor (D)
1970: Nelson Rockefeller (R)
1974: Jerome Tuccille (FL)
1978: Hugh Carey (D)
1982: Mario Cuomo (D)
1986: Mario Cuomo (D)
1990: Herbert London (C) (tactical)
1994: Tom Golisano (I)
1998: Tom Golisano (I)
2002: Tom Golisano (I)
2006: John Faso (R)
2010: Warren Redlich (L)

[DC Al Fine]

1946: Dewey (R)
1950: Dewey (R)
1954: Ives (R)
1958: Rockefeller (R)
1962: Jaquith (C)
1966: Adams (C)
1970: Adams (C)
1974: Wilson (R)
1978: Tobin (Right to Life)
1982: Lehrman (R)
1986: Dillon (Right to Life)
1990: London (C)
1994: Patacki (R)
1998: Reynolds (Right to Life)
2002: Cronin (Right to Life)
2006: Faso (R)
2010: Redlich (L)

[Goldwater]

1946: Dewey (R)
1950: Dewey (R)
1954: Ives (R)
1958: Rockefeller (R)
1962: Jaquith (C)
1966: Adams (C)
1970: Adams (C)
1974: Wilson (R)
1978: Duryea (R)
1982: Lehrman (R)
1986: O'Rourke (R)
1990: London (C)
1994: Patacki (R)
1998: Patacki (R)
2002: Patacki (R)
2006: Faso (R)
2010: Paladino (R)

[Supermariobros]

1946:Thomas Dewey Republican
1950:Thomas Dewey Republican
1954:Irving Ives Republican
1958:Nelson Rockefeller Republican
1962:Nelson Rockefeller Republican
1966:Franklin Roosevelt Jr Liberal
1970:Arther J Goldberg Democrat
1974:Hugh L Carey Democrat
1978:Mary J Tobin Right to Life
1982:Mario Cuomo Democrat
1986:Mario Cuomo Democrat
1990:Mario Cuomo Democrat
1994:Mario Cuomo Democrat
1998:Michael Reynolds Right to Life
2002:Carl McCall Democrat
2006:Elliot Spitzer Democrat
2010:Carl Paladino Republican

[TNF]

1946: James M. Mead (D)
1950: Walter A. Lynch (D)
1954: W. Averell Harriman (D)
1958: W. Averell Harriman (D)
1962: Robert Morgenthau (D)
1966: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Liberal)
1970: Arthur J. Goldberg (D)
1974: Hugh Carey (D)
1978: Hugh Carey (D)
1982: Mario Cuomo (D)
1986: Mario Cuomo (D)
1990: Mario Cuomo (D)
1994: Mario Cuomo (D)
1998: Peter Vallone (D)
2002: Carl McCall (D)
2006: Eliot Spitzer (D)
2010: Howie Hawkins (G)

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

1946: Dewey (R)
1950: Dewey (R)
1954: Ives (R)
1958: Rockefeller (R)
1962: Rockefeller (R)
1966: Rockefeller (R)
1970: Rockefeller (R)
1974: Wilson (R)
1978: Duryea (R)
1982: Lehrman (R)
1986: O'Rourke (R)
1990: Rinfret (R)
1994: Pataki (R)
1998: Pataki (R)
2002: Pataki (R)
2006: Faso (R)
2010: Cuomo (D, on Independence line)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Hard to say.  Assuming my view then would be largely the same as they are now:

1942: Thomas E. Dewey (R)
1946: Thomas E. Dewey (R)
1950: Thomas E. Dewey (R)
1954: Irving M. Ives (R)
1958: Nelson A. Rockefeller (R)
1962: Nelson A. Rockefeller (R)
1966: Nelson A. Rockefeller (R)
1970: Nelson A. Rockefeller (R)
1974: Malcolm Wilson (R)
1978: Perry Duryea (R)
1982: Lewis Lehrman (R)
1986: Andrew O'Rourke (R)
1990: Pierre Rinfret (R)
1994: George Pataki (R)
1998: George Pataki (R)
2002: George Pataki (R)
2006: John Faso (R)
2010: Carl Paladino (R) (Although Jimmy McMillan would be very tempting.)

[RogueBeaver]

Republican till 2010, when I'd vote Cuomo.

[Peter the Lefty]

1900: Benjamin Hanford (Social Democratic)
1902: Benjamin Hanford (Social Democratic)
1904: Thomas Pendergast (Social Democratic)
1906: John C. Chase (Socialist)
1908: Joshua Wanhope (Socialist)
1910: Charles Edward Russell (Socialist)
1912: Charles Edward Russell (Socialist)
1914: Gustav A. Strebel (Socialist)
1916: Algernon Lee (Socialist)
1918: Joseph D. Cannon (Socialist)
1920: Joseph D. Cannon (Socialist)
1922: Edward F. Cassidy (Socialist/Farmer-Labor)
1924: Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1926: Jacob Panken (Socialist)
1928: Louis Waldman (Socialist)
1930: Louis Waldman (Socialist), due to FDR's Tammany Hall connections
1932: Louis Waldman (Socialist)
1934: Charles Solomon (Socialist)
1936: Herbert H. Lehman (Labor)
1938: Herbert H. Lehman (Labor)
1942: Dean Alfange(Labor)
1946: James M. Mead(Labor)
1950: John T. McManus (Labor)
1954: John T. McManus(Labor)
1958: Herbert Lehman (Democratic)
1962: Henry M. Morgenthau (Liberal)
1966: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (Liberal)
1970: Arthur J. Goldberg (Liberal)
1974: Hugh L. Carey (Liberal)
1978: Hugh L. Carey (Liberal), reluctantly
1982: Mario Cuomo (Liberal)
1986: Mario Cuomo (Liberal)
1990: Mario Cuomo (Liberal)
1994: Mario Cuomo (Liberal)
1998: Peter Vallone, Sr. (Working Families)
2002: Stanley Aronowitz (Green)
2006: Malachy McCourt (Green) (Spitzer supported the Iraq War)
2010: Howie Hawkins (Green)