New York Republican State Committee

The New York Republican State Committee, established in 1855, is the New York State affiliate of the United States Republican Party (GOP). The party has headquarters in Albany, Buffalo, and New York City.[2] The purpose of the committee is to nominate Republican candidates for election to New York and federal political roles.[3] It also assists its nominees in their election campaigns.

New York Republican State Committee
ChairEd Cox
Senate LeaderRob Ortt
Assembly LeaderWilliam Barclay
Founded1855 (1855)
Headquarters315 State Street
Albany, NY 12210
Student wingNew York Federation of College Republicans
Youth wingNew York State Young Republicans
Membership (February 2023)Decrease 2,877,092[1]
IdeologyConservatism
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationRepublican Party
Colors  Red
New York State Assembly
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New York State Senate
21 / 63
Statewide Executive Offices
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New York City Council
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U.S. House of Representatives (New York)
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U.S. Senate (New York)
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Website
nygop.org

History

The New York Republican State Committee was established in 1855, one year after the founding of the "Republican Party" by William H. Seward and Thurlow Weed.[3] Initially, the committee met every three years to plan the Republican National Convention and it occasionally met during the election campaigning periods. The committee nominees were first politically successful in 1856.[4] Since 1959, Nelson Rockefeller (1959–73) and George Pataki (1995–2006) have been the only two elected Republican governors of New York.[5]

Until 1911, the New York Republican State Committee nominated its candidates through a primary or caucus system, which meant the average voter had very little input as to who would be their choice for the state and federal offices. That system was taken out of practice after the passing of the Direct Primary Law in 1911, which allowed for more input from those present at the primary.[3]

Organization
OfficeOffice-holder[2]
ChairmanEd Cox
Executive Vice Chairman John Burnett
SecretaryVenessa Simon
TreasurerCarl Zeilman
National CommitteewomanJennifer Saul
National CommitteemanCharlie Joyce

County committee

New York State has 62 counties. Every two years, in each county, Republicans elect a "Republican County Committee". The chair of each county committee is the face of the Republican Party in that county. New York also has 150 Assembly districts. Republicans elect one male and one female leader in each district. The district leaders form part of the executive committee of the respective county committee. The chair and the executive committee seek new party members; control local finances; find candidates to run for public office and choose the nominee (unless both candidates have petitioned enough signatures to trigger a primary).[3]

Several of these counties are notable due to their high population, and impact on national politics. These Include:

State committee

The New York State Republican State Committee is composed of one male and one female representative from each Assembly District. Before each statewide election, the committee organises a party convention and chooses candidates for offices of the state. 60% of the committee's vote is needed to win the party's nomination. If no candidate wins 60% of the committee's vote, the candidates with more than 25 percent of the committee's vote compete in a "primary" which is held in the month of September. A candidate with less than 25 percent of the committee's vote may compete in the "primary" if they have a petition of support of greater than 15000 voters.

The State Committee also elects one National Committeewoman and one National Committeeman to represent the state committee to the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C. The current National Committee members are Jennifer Saul, a Republican fundraiser and former chairwoman of the New York County Republican Committee, and Lawrence Kadish, a real estate developer from downstate New York.

Current elected officials

The New York Republican Party holds 20 out of the 63 seats in the New York State Senate and eleven of the state's 26 U.S. House seats.

U.S. Senate
  • None

Both of New York's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats since 1998. Al D'Amato was the last Republican to represent New York in the U.S. Senate. First elected in 1980, D'Amato lost his bid for a fourth term in 1998 to Chuck Schumer who has held the seat since.

U.S. House of Representatives

Out of the 26 seats New York is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, eleven are held by Republicans:

New York State Senate

New York State Assembly

Republican presidents from New York
President Chester A. Arthur (1881−1885)
President Theodore Roosevelt (1901−1909)
President Donald Trump (2017−2021)[lower-alpha 2]

List of Chairs
ChairTenureHometown while serving
Edwin D. Morgan1856–1858
1874–1875		Manhattan
James Kelly1858–1860Manhattan
Simeon Draper1860–1862Manhattan
Henry R. Low1862–1863Monticello
Charles Jones1863–1865Brooklyn
William R. Stewart1865–1866Manhattan
Hamilton Harris1866–1870Albany
Alonzo B. Cornell1870–1874
1875–1877
1878–1879		Manhattan
John F. Smyth1877–1878
1882–1883		Albany
Chester A. Arthur1879–1881Manhattan
B. Platt Carpenter1881–1882Stanford
James D. Warren1883–1885Buffalo
Chester S. Cole1885–1887Corning
Cornelius N. Bliss1887–1889Manhattan
John N. Knapp1889–1891Auburn
William BrookfieldSeptember 1891 – September 1894
Charles W. HackettSeptember 1894 – April 1898Utica
Benjamin B. Odell Jr.May 1898 – November 1900
April 1904 – September 1906		Newburgh
George W. DunnNovember 1900 – April 1904Binghamton
Timothy L. WoodruffSeptember 1906 – October 1910Brooklyn
Ezra P. PrenticeOctober 1910 – January 1911Manhattan
William Barnes Jr.January 1911 – September 1914Albany
Frederick C. TannerOctober 1914 – January 1917Manhattan
George A. GlynnJanuary 1917 – September 1922Watertown
George K. MorrisSeptember 1922 – August 1928Amsterdam
H. Edmund MacholdAugust 1928 – June 1929Watertown
William J. MaierJune 1929 – November 1930Seneca Falls
W. Kingsland MacyDecember 1930 – September 1934Islip
Melvin C. EatonSeptember 1934 – November 1936Norwich
William S. MurrayJanuary 1937 – April 1940Utica
Edwin F. JaeckleApril 1940 – November 1944Buffalo
Glen R. BedenkappJanuary 1945 – February 1949Lewiston
William L. Pfeiffer1949 – September 1953Buffalo
Dean P. TaylorSeptember 1953 – September 1954Troy
L. Judson MorhouseSeptember 1954 – January 1963Ticonderoga
Fred A. YoungApril 1963 – January 1965Lowville
Carl SpadFebruary 1965 – May 1967White Plains
Charles A. Schoeneck Jr.May 1967 – April 1969Syracuse
Charles T. Lanigan1969 – November 1972Utica
Richard M. RosenbaumNovember 1972 – June 1977Rochester
Bernard M. KilbournJune 1977 – 1981Utica
George L. Clark Jr.March 1981 – July 1985Brooklyn
Anthony J. ColavitaSeptember 19, 1985 – June 22, 1989Westchester County
J. Patrick BarrettJune 22, 1989 – January 14, 1991Syracuse
William D. PowersJanuary 14, 1991 – March 8, 2001Rensselaer County
Alexander F. TreadwellMarch 8, 2001 – November 15, 2004Westport
Stephen J. MinarikNovember 15, 2004 – November 15, 2006Webster
Joseph N. MondelloNovember 15, 2006 – September 29, 2009Hempstead
Edward F. CoxSeptember 29, 2009 – July 1, 2019

March 13, 2023-Present

 Manhattan
Nick LangworthyJuly 1, 2019 – March 13, 2023Amherst

See also

References
  1. Nixon's official state of residence was New York because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California. Consequently, most reliable reference books, including the January 6, 1969, edition of the Congressional Record, list his home state as New York.
  2. Changed residency to Florida during presidency.
  1. "Enrollment by County". www.elections.ny.gov. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. Archived May 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "New York Republican State Committee". Library.albany.edu. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. Silbey, Joel (1985). The Partisan Imperative New York: Oxford University Press
  5. "New York". National Governors Association. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  6. "Senate Leadership". NY State Senate. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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