1953 New York state election
Introduction The '''1953 New York state election''' was held on November 3, 1953, to elect the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Besides, nine amendments to the State Constitution, among them one that required the voter to cast a single joint vote for the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor on any ticket, were proposed, and all were accepted by the electorate.
Background On March 31, 1953, Chief Judge John T. Loughran died. On April 22, Governor Thomas E. Dewey appointed Judge Edmund H. Lewis to fill the vacancy temporarily. On April 23, Dewey appointed John Van Voorhis temporarily to the seat vacated by Lewis.
Result The appointed incumbent Chief Judge Lewis was elected. This required another election the next year, since Lewis would reach the constitutional age limit of 70 years at the end of 1954.+''' 1953 state election result''' Office RepublicanDemocratic American Labor Chief Judge'''Edmund H. Lewis''' '''1,983,220''''''Edmund H. Lewis''' '''1,784,614'''Edward Kuntz 65,035Obs. : "Blank, void and scattering" votes: 853,875
Notes
Sources *Official result:  ''9 AMENDMENTS APPROVED; But State's Voters Generally Cast Blanks or Void Ballots'' in NYT on December 16, 1953 (subscription required)
See also *New York state elections*New York City mayoral election, 1953