 Those decided during his presidency can be found in Denio's reports.Gardiner was reelected Lieutenant Governor in 1846, defeating Hamilton Fish, the Whig candidate, by a majority of 13,000 votes, although the Whig's candidate for governor John Young was elected by a majority of more than 11,000 over the incumbent Governor Wright - then, the governor and the lieutenant governor, although running mates, were elected on separate ballots.Gardiner had been nominated on a cross-endorsed ticket with Young by the Anti-Renters whose votes decided this election.