Conservative Party of New York State records,
- Author:
- Conservative Party of New York State.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-060 local
- Abstract:
- Records kept for the chairmen of the New York State Conservative Party: Kiernen O'Doherty, 1962; J. Daniel Mahoney, 1962-86; and Serphin Maltese, 1986-88. The strength of the records is in its documentation of New York State politics and elections (including the State Legislature and other state offices), the Conservative Party's political endorsements and candidates (including writer William F. Buckley, Jr., and Sen. James Buckley), and the political goals and ideological positions on contemporary issues. Though the records span the period from 1962 to 1988, the bulk of the records cover the 1970s and 1980s.
- Historical Note:
- The Conservative Party of New York State (commonly called the New York State Conservative Party) was established in 1962 as the Freedom Party. A year earlier, disaffected Republicans led by New York City attorneys J. Daniel Mahoney and Kiernan O'Doherty formed an organizing committee for the New York State Conservative Political Associaltion, with the goal of creating a fourth party opposed to the domination of the New York State Republican Party by its liberal wing, then headed by Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and Sen. jacob K. Javits. The Conservative Party's intent was to "exercise leverage upon the major political parties by endorsing and working for candidates from either party whose views paralelled its own, and running its own candidates where acceptable major party candidates were not put forth."
- Physical Description:
- 40.5 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy Collection. local
- Subjects:
- Elections and Politics and government
- Names:
- O'Doherty, Kiernan, Mahoney, J. Daniel, 1931-, Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008, Buckley, James, Maltese, Serphin, Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979, Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986, Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008, Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986, and Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
- Corporate Names:
- Conservative Party of New York State, Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848), Republican Party (N.Y.), New York State Conservative Political Association, Conservative Party of New York State, Liberty Party (U.S. : 1840-1848), and Republican Party (N.Y.)
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State) Politics and government, Queens County (N.Y.) Politics and government, New York (State) Elections, New York (State), and New York (State) Queens County
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