1875 New Jersey Senate election

1875 New Jersey Senate election

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8 of the 21 seats in the New Jersey State Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 13 8 Seats after 12 9 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 37,203 35,052 Percentage 51.49% 48.51% Seats up 6 2 Races won 5 3
Senate President before election John W. Taylor Republican Elected Senate President William J. Sewell Republican

The 1875 New Jersey Senate election was held on November 2, 1875, to elect eight of the 21 members of the New Jersey State Senate that were up for election. Each County is represented by one Senator.

Democrats picked up the Somerset County seat, while the rest of the seats were successfully defended by both parties.

Summary of results by county

County	Incumbent [1]	Party		Elected Senator [2]	Party
Atlantic	Hosea F. Madden		Dem	No election
Bergen	George Dayton		Dem	No election
Burlington	Barton F. Thorn		Rep	No election
Camden	W. J. Sewell		Rep	W. J. Sewell		Rep
Cape May	Richard S. Leaming		Rep	No election
Cumberland	J. Howard Willets		Rep	No election
Essex	John W. Taylor		Rep	WM. H. Kirk		Rep
Gloucester	Samuel Hopkins		Rep	Thos. B. Mathers		Rep
Hudson	Leon Abbett		Dem	No election
Hunterdon	Frederic A. Potts		Rep	No election
Mercer	Jonathan H. Blackwell		Dem	No election
Middlesex	Levi D. Jarrard		Rep	No election
Monmouth	William Hendrickson		Dem	William Hendrickson		Dem
Morris	John Hill		Rep	No election
Ocean	John S. Schultze		Rep	No election
Passaic	John Hopper		Dem	No election
Salem	Isaac Newkirk		Rep	Chas. S. Plummer		Rep
Somerset	Elisha B. Wood		Rep	Charles B. Moore		Dem
Sussex	Samuel T. Smith		Dem	No election
Union	J. Henry Stone		Rep	William J. Magie		Rep
Warren	Joseph B. Cornish		Dem	William Silverthorn		Dem

Detailed results

Camden

1875 general election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William J. Sewell (incumbent)	4,991	53.32%
	Democratic	Lippincott	4,370	46.68%
Total votes			9,361	100.00%
	Republican hold

Essex

1875 general election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	WM. H. Kirk	14,496	57.97%
	Democratic	Ferry	10,512	42.03%
Total votes			25,008	100.00%
	Republican hold

Gloucester

1875 general election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thos. B. Mathers	2,387	53.50%
	Democratic	Carter	2,075	46.50%
Total votes			4,462	100.00%
	Republican hold

Monmouth

1875 general election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Hendrickson (incumbent)	5,123	62.48%
	Republican	Herbert	3,077	37.52%
Total votes			8,200	100.00%
	Democratic hold

Salem

1875 general election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chas. S. Plummer	2,778	51.97%
	Democratic	Wood	2,567	48.03%
Total votes			5,345	100.00%
	Republican hold

Somerset

1875 general election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles B. Moore	2,691	51.43%
	Republican	Schenck	2,541	48.57%
Total votes			5,232	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Union

1875 general election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William J. Magie	5,022	56.00%
	Democratic	Blancke	3,946	44.00%
Total votes			8,968	100.00%
	Republican hold

Warren

1875 general election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Silverthorn	3,768	66.35%
	Republican	Harris	1,911	33.65%
Total votes			5,679	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

1. "Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1875". NJ State Library.
2. "Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1876". NJ State Library.
3. "Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1876". NJ State Library.