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1852 New York Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1852 New York Gubernatorial Election?

Horatio Seymour won the 1852 New York Gubernatorial Election. Horatio Seymour received 264,121 popular votes (50.31%). The main challenger was Washington Hunt (46.01%).

See the full head-to-head between Seymour and Hunt

Seymour +4.3 pts · won by 22,596 votes
Horatio SeymourDemocraticWINNER50.31%
264,121 votes
Washington HuntWhig Party46.01%
241,525 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.7% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.