1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election
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  1895 November 8, 1898 1901  
  Foster MacGowan Voorhees.jpg Elvin Williamson Crane (1853-1909).png
Nominee Foster McGowan Voorhees Elvin W. Crane
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote164,051158,552
Percentage48.9%47.3%

1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Voorhees:      40-50%     50-60%     60-70%
Crane:      50–60%

Governor before election

David Ogden Watkins (acting)
Republican

Elected Governor

Foster McGowan Voorhees
Republican

The 1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898. Republican nominee Foster McGowan Voorhees defeated Democratic nominee Elvin W. Crane with 48.91% of the vote.

Contents

Democratic nomination

Essex County convention

Elvin W. Crane and James M. Seymour contested the convention to elect delegates to the state convention. Crane won 132 of the 163 delegates, and Seymour withdrew as a candidate, releasing his delegates to support Crane. [1]

State convention

The Democratic convention in Trenton on September 29 was controversial and chaotic. First, proceedings were disrupted by free silver supporters. A large number of names were placed in nomination, and after a ballot was taken, Robert Davis of Hudson County rose to change the county's 165 votes to Elvin Crane, securing his nomination without a second ballot. The rest of the delegates soon followed, making his nomination formally unanimous. [1]

Candidates

Results

1898 Democratic convention, informal ballot [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Elvin W. Crane 44141.60%
Democratic William D. Daly 36434.34%
Democratic Clarence T. Atkinson757.08%
Democratic Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly 736.89%
Democratic Christian Braun726.79%
Democratic James M. Seymour (draft)191.79%
Democratic Howard Carrow111.04%
Democratic Lee20.19%
Democratic Blank30.28%
Total votes1,060 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Results

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1898 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Foster McGowan Voorhees 164,051 48.91% Decrease2.svg 3.37
Democratic Elvin W. Crane 158,55247.27%Increase2.svg 3.63
Prohibition Thomas H. Landon6,8932.06%Decrease2.svg 0.08
Socialist Labor Matthew Maguire 5,4581.63%Increase2.svg 0.30
Populist Frederick Schrayshuen4910.15%Decrease2.svg 0.46
Majority
Total votes335,445 100.00%
Republican hold Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Daly Might Have Had It: A Second Ballot Would Probably Have Resulted in his Nomination". The Jersey City News. September 29, 1898. p. 1.
  2. Kalb, Deborah (December 24, 2015). Guide to U.S. Elections. ISBN   9781483380353 . Retrieved January 25, 2016.