New York State Assembly election, 1917

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legislative election state election

The New York State Assembly election of 1917 was a legislative contest in which voters across New York State chose representatives to the State Assembly, including the election of socialist politician Benjamin Gitlow.

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Label	Occurrences
New York State Assembly election, 1916	1
New York State Assembly election, 1917 canonical	1
New York State Assembly election, 1918	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legislative election ⓘ state election ⓘ
administeredBy	New York State election authorities ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	New York State Assembly ⓘ
associatedIdeology	American conservatism ⓘ American liberalism ⓘ progressivism ⓘ socialism ⓘ
ballotType	secret ballot ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
electionType	state legislative election ⓘ
electoralBody	New York State Assembly ⓘ
electoralDistrictType	single-member districts ⓘ
electoralRight	universal male suffrage with contemporary legal restrictions ⓘ
electorate	voters of New York State ⓘ
elects	state legislators ⓘ
followedBy	New York State Assembly election, 1917 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York State Assembly election, 1918
follows	New York State Assembly election, 1917 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: New York State Assembly election, 1916
governingLaw	New York State Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the State of New York
hasPart	election in Brooklyn ⓘ election in Manhattan ⓘ election in Queens ⓘ election in Richmond County ⓘ election in the Bronx ⓘ election in upstate New York districts ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early example of socialist representation in a U.S. state legislature ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
legislativeTermStart	1918 ⓘ
legislatureType	unicameral lower house of the New York State Legislature ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	state ⓘ
locatedIn	New York ⓘ surface form: New York (state)
notableOutcome	election of socialist politician Benjamin Gitlow to the New York State Assembly ⓘ
officeContested	Member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ
partOfSeries	New York State Assembly ⓘ surface form: New York State Assembly elections
politicalContext	rise of socialist representation in New York politics ⓘ
politicalPartyInvolved	Democratic Party ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ Socialist Party of America ⓘ
resultType	composition of the New York State Assembly for the following legislative session ⓘ
scope	statewide ⓘ
significantParticipant	Benjamin Gitlow ⓘ
timePeriod	World War I era ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Benjamin Gitlow → electedIn → New York State Assembly election, 1917 ⓘ

New York State Assembly election, 1917 → follows → New York State Assembly election, 1917 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York State Assembly election, 1916

New York State Assembly election, 1917 → followedBy → New York State Assembly election, 1917 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York State Assembly election, 1918