The 1917 New York state election was held on November 6, 1917, to elect the Attorney General and two judges 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...

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History

In 1917, there were only three officers to be elected statewide:

• the Attorney General, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Egburt E. Woodbury
  Egburt E. Woodbury
  Egburt E. Woodbury was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He was elected a Justice of the Peace in 1886...
  
  . On April 25, 1917, First Deputy Attorney General Merton E. Lewis was elected by the New York State Legislature to fill the unexpired term until the end of the year.
• a judge of the Court of Appeals, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of 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...
  
   who had run for Governor of New York
  Governor of New York
  The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the State of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military and naval forces. The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her...
  
   in 1916. Democrat Benjamin N. Cardozo was appointed to fill the vacancy temporarily.
• a judge of the Court of Appeals, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of 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 :...
  
   as 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...
  
  . Republican Chester B. McLaughlin had been appointed to fill the vacancy temporarily.

The primaries were held on September 19. All nominees were unopposed.

Result

The whole Republican ticket was elected.

The incumbents Lewis, Cardozo and McLaughlin were re-elected.

1917 state election results

Office	Republican ticket		Democratic ticket		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...  ticket		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...  ticket
Attorney General New York State Attorney General The New York State Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of New York. The office has been in existence in some form since 1626, under the Dutch colonial government of New York.The current Attorney General is Eric Schneiderman...	Merton E. Lewis Merton E. Lewis Merton Elmer Lewis was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:...		Devoe P. Hodson		S. John Block		William H. Burr
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...	Chester B. McLaughlin Chester B. McLaughlin Chester Bentine McLaughlin was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...		Benjamin N. Cardozo Benjamin N. Cardozo Benjamin Nathan Cardozo was a well-known American lawyer and associate Supreme Court Justice. Cardozo is remembered for his significant influence on the development of American common law in the 20th century, in addition to his modesty, philosophy, and vivid prose style...		Louis B. Boudin Louis B. Boudin Louis B. Boudin was a Russian-born American Marxist theoretician, writer, politician, and lawyer. He is best remembered as the author of a two volume history of the Supreme Court's influence on American government, first published in 1932....		Walter T. Bliss
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...	Benjamin N. Cardozo Benjamin N. Cardozo Benjamin Nathan Cardozo was a well-known American lawyer and associate Supreme Court Justice. Cardozo is remembered for his significant influence on the development of American common law in the 20th century, in addition to his modesty, philosophy, and vivid prose style...		Chester B. McLaughlin Chester B. McLaughlin Chester Bentine McLaughlin was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...		Hezekiah D. Wilcox		Coleridge A. Hart

Sources

• Candidates in primaries: CANDIDATES IN FIELD FOR CITY OFFICES in NYT on September 9, 1917