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The 1798 New York gubernatorial election was held in April 1798 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Incumbent Governor John Jay was elected to a second term in office over Robert Livingston.
The election was a referendum on American foreign policy during the French Revolutionary Wars, specifically the 1794 Jay Treaty between the United States and Kingdom of Great Britain, which Jay had negotiated prior to his election in 1795. Amid growing tensions with the French Republic following the XYZ Affair and outbreak of the Quasi-War with France, Jay easily won re-election.