The 1913 New York state election was held on November 4, 1913, to elect the Chief Judge

Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals refers to the position of chief judge on the New York Court of Appeals.The chief judge supervises the seven-judge Court of Appeals...

 and an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals

New York Court of Appeals

The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge and six associate judges who are appointed by the Governor to 14-year terms...

, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...

.

Background

In 1913, there were only two state officer to be elected statewide: the Chief Judge, to succeed Edgar M. Cullen

Edgar M. Cullen

Edgar Montgomery Cullen was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1904 to 1913.-Biography:...

, and an associate judge of the Court of Appeals, to succeed John Clinton Gray

John Clinton Gray

John Clinton Gray was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Biography:...

 who both had reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years.

Nominations

The Republican state convention met on September 23 at Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....

 in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. U.S. Senator Elihu Root

Elihu Root

Elihu Root was an American lawyer and statesman and the 1912 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the prototype of the 20th century "wise man", who shuttled between high-level government positions in Washington, D.C...

 was Permanent Chairman. They nominated Associate Judge (elected in 1904) William E. Werner

William E. Werner

William Edward Werner was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Biography:...

 for Chief Judge (vote: Werner 447, Edgar Truman Brackett 151); and Associate Judge (designated in 1906) Frank H. Hiscock

Frank H. Hiscock

Frank Harris Hiscock was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1917 to 1926.- Biography :...

 for associate judge (vote: Hiscock 444, Frederick E. Crane

Frederick E. Crane

Frederick Evan Crane was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1935 to 1939.-Life:...

 157).

The Progressive

Progressive Party (United States, 1912)

The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party. It was formed after a split in the Republican Party between President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt....

 state convention met on September 27 at Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

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. They nominated federal judge Learned Hand

Learned Hand

Billings Learned Hand was a United States judge and judicial philosopher. He served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...

 for Chief Judge, and Justice Samuel Seabury

Samuel Seabury (judge)

Samuel Seabury was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of William Jones Seabury, professor of canon law and descendant of Bishop Samuel Seabury, and Alice Van Wyck Beare. He graduated from New York Law School in 1893, and was admitted to the bar in 1894...

 for associate judge.

The Democratic State Committee met on October 4 at the Knickerbocker Hotel

Six Times Square

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 in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. George M. Palmer was Chairman. They nominated two Democrats, Associate Judge (elected in 1907

New York state election, 1907

The 1907 New York state election was held on November 5, 1907, to elect two judges of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.-History:...

) Willard Bartlett

Willard Bartlett

Willard Bartlett was an American jurist. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.-Biography:...

, and Abram I. Elkus

Abram I. Elkus

-Biography:He was born in New York City on August 6, 1867, the son of Isaac and Julia Elkus. He was educated in the public schools of the city and in the College of the City of New York. He took his law degree at Columbia and was admitted to the bar in 1888....

, although Alton B. Parker

Alton B. Parker

Alton Brooks Parker was an American lawyer, judge and the Democratic nominee for U.S. president in the 1904 elections.-Life:...

, Chairman of the Committee on Non-partisan Candidates of the State and county bar associations, had recommended to endorse the Republican nominees (vote: Bartlett 38, Werner 3; Elkus 37, Hiscock 4).

The Independence League State Committee met at Arlington Hall, in St. Mark's Place

St. Mark's Place (Manhattan)

Saint Mark's Place is a street in the East Village neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is named after St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on 10th Street at Second Avenue. St. Mark's Place, which is a section of 8th Street, runs from Third Avenue to Avenue A...

 in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, after the Democratic and Republican nominations had been made, and endorsed Democrat Bartlett and Republican Hiscock.

Result

The cross-endorsed Independence League ticket, made up of the Democratic Chief Judge and the Republican associate judge, was elected.

Both Bartlett and Hiscock continued on the Court, Bartlett becoming Chief Judge, and Hiscock moving from an additional to a regular seat.

1913 state election result

Ticket / Office	Chief Judge Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals refers to the position of chief judge on the New York Court of Appeals.The chief judge supervises the seven-judge Court of Appeals...		Judge of the Court of Appeals New York Court of Appeals The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge and six associate judges who are appointed by the Governor to 14-year terms...
Democratic	Willard Bartlett Willard Bartlett Willard Bartlett was an American jurist. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.-Biography:...	600,375	Abram I. Elkus Abram I. Elkus -Biography:He was born in New York City on August 6, 1867, the son of Isaac and Julia Elkus. He was educated in the public schools of the city and in the College of the City of New York. He took his law degree at Columbia and was admitted to the bar in 1888....
Republican	William E. Werner William E. Werner William Edward Werner was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Biography:...	597,357	Frank H. Hiscock Frank H. Hiscock Frank Harris Hiscock was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1917 to 1926.- Biography :...
Independence League	Willard Bartlett Willard Bartlett Willard Bartlett was an American jurist. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.-Biography:...		Frank H. Hiscock Frank H. Hiscock Frank Harris Hiscock was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1917 to 1926.- Biography :...
Progressive Progressive Party (United States, 1912) The Progressive Party of 1912 was an American political party. It was formed after a split in the Republican Party between President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt....	Learned Hand Learned Hand Billings Learned Hand was a United States judge and judicial philosopher. He served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...	195,097	Samuel Seabury Samuel Seabury (judge) Samuel Seabury was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of William Jones Seabury, professor of canon law and descendant of Bishop Samuel Seabury, and Alice Van Wyck Beare. He graduated from New York Law School in 1893, and was admitted to the bar in 1894...
Socialist Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...	Henry L. Slobodin	61,586
Prohibition Prohibition Party The Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States best known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. It is the oldest existing third party in the US. The party was an integral part of the temperance movement...	Charles E. Manierre	17,279

Note: "Blank, void and scattering" votes: 49,138 (for Chief Judge)

Sources

• Result in State of New York Delegates and Alternates to the Republican National Convention, Chicago, June 7, 1916 (printed for the Republican Party [N.Y.], Tenny Press, 1916)