History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . ed forGovernor Clarence J. Shearn, who had been prominentas Hearsts counsel and personal representative. Italso organized as a national party and at Chicago onJuly 28 nominated Thomas L. Hisgen of Massachusettsfor President and John Temple Graves of Georgia forVice-President. The Prohibitionists at Columbus,Ohio, on July 16, nominated Eugene W. Chafin ofIllinois, and Aaron S. Watkins of Ohio, for Presidentand Vice-President. Their candidate for Governor wasG. E. Stockwell. The Socialists met in Chicago onMay 13 and nominated Eugen
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . ed forGovernor Clarence J. Shearn, who had been prominentas Hearsts counsel and personal representative. Italso organized as a national party and at Chicago onJuly 28 nominated Thomas L. Hisgen of Massachusettsfor President and John Temple Graves of Georgia forVice-President. The Prohibitionists at Columbus,Ohio, on July 16, nominated Eugene W. Chafin ofIllinois, and Aaron S. Watkins of Ohio, for Presidentand Vice-President. Their candidate for Governor wasG. E. Stockwell. The Socialists met in Chicago onMay 13 and nominated Eugene V. Debs of Indiana forPresident and Benjamin Hanford of New York forVice-President. For Governor they named JoshuaWanhope. A faction of the Socialists, called theSocialist Labor party, put up for President and Vice-President Martin R. Preston of Nevada and DonaldMunro of Virginia, their convention being held in NewYork on July 6. Preston, who was serving a twenty-five year sentence in prison for killing a man, declined 3«New York World, September 17, Stewart Lyndon Woodford Stewart Lyndon Woodford, diplomat; born in New YorkCity September 3, 1835; graduated from Columbia, 1854;admitted to the bar, 1857; messenger to the presidential electoralcollege, 1860; assistant U. S. attorney, southern district, 1861-1862; served in the civil war, 1862-1865; lieutenant governorNew York state, 1867-1868; nominated for governor, 1870;president of the electoral college, 1872; elected to the 43d con-gress but resigned July 7, 1874; U. S. attorney, 1877-1883;member of the commission to frame the charter for GreaterNew York, 1896; envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-tentiary to Spain, 1897 until the war; placed Charles E. Hughesin nomination for the presidency at the Chicago national repub-lican convention in 1908; died at New York City February 14,1913.
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