1860 New York state election

1860 New York gubernatorial election

← 1858 November 6, 1860 1862 →
 
Nominee Edwin D. Morgan William Kelly
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 358,272 294,812
Percentage 53.2% 43.8%

County results

Morgan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Kelly:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Edwin D. Morgan
Republican

Elected Governor

Edwin D. Morgan
Republican

The 1860 New York state election was held on November 6, 1860, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, a Canal Commissioner, and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly. Besides, the question of Negro suffrage was asked, and was answered in the negative with 197,503 votes for and 337,984 against it.