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1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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Nominee John W. Griggs Alexander T. McGill
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 162,900 136,000
Percentage 52.3% 43.6%

County results
Griggs:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
McGill:      50–60%

Governor before election

George Theodore Werts
Democratic

Elected Governor

John W. Griggs
Republican

The 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1895. Republican nominee John W. Griggs defeated Democratic nominee Alexander T. McGill with 52.28% of the vote.

Griggs was the first Republican elected Governor of New Jersey since Marcus Lawrence Ward in 1865. His election culminated a political realignment in the state from slightly-but-solidly Democratic to Republican; Republicans would not lose another gubernatorial election until 1910.

Republican nomination

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Candidates

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Convention

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1895 Republican convention, first ballot[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John W. Griggs 294 34.75%
Republican John Kean 207 24.47%
Republican Elias S. Ward 168 19.86%
Republican Maurice Rogers 79 9.34%
Republican Foster McGowan Voorhees 74 8.75%
Republican John J. Gardner 23 2.72%
Republican Toffey 1 0.12%
Total votes 846 100.00%
1895 Republican convention, second ballot[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John W. Griggs 338 39.91%
Republican John Kean 248 29.28%
Republican Elias S. Ward 166 19.60%
Republican Foster McGowan Voorhees 65 7.67%
Republican Maurice Rogers 29 3.42%
Republican Toffey 1 0.12%
Total votes 847 100.00%
1895 Republican convention, third ballot[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John W. Griggs 547 64.58%
Republican Elias S. Ward 138 16.29%
Republican John Kean 123 14.52%
Republican Foster McGowan Voorhees 38 4.49%
Republican Toffey 1 0.12%
Total votes 847 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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Results

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New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1895[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John W. Griggs 162,900 52.28% Increase 4.89
Democratic Alexander T. McGill 136,000 43.64% Decrease 6.01
Prohibition Henry W. Wilbur 6,661 2.14% Decrease 0.16
Socialist Labor George B. Keim 4,147 1.33% Increase 0.93
Populist William B. Ellis 1,901 0.61% Increase 0.34
Majority
Turnout
Republican gain from Democratic Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "CONVENTION NOMINATES J.W. GRIGGS: Republicans Choose Him for Governor on Third Ballot". Press of Atlantic City. September 20, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Kalb, Deborah (December 24, 2015). Guide to U.S. Elections. CQ Press. ISBN 9781483380353. Retrieved January 25, 2016.