1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election

1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election

←  1904 November 5, 1907 1910  →

Nominee John Franklin Fort Frank S. Katzenbach Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 194,313 186,300 Percentage 49.3% 47.3%

County results Fort:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70% Katzenbach:      40–50%     50–60%

Governor before election Edward C. Stokes Republican Elected Governor John Franklin Fort Republican

The 1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1907. Republican nominee John Franklin Fort defeated Democratic nominee Frank S. Katzenbach with 49.28% of the vote.

This was the Republicans fifth straight gubernatorial victory, the party's longest in history.

Republican nomination

Candidates

• J. Franklin Fort, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
• Vivian M. Lewis, New Jersey Clerk in Chancery
• Mahlon Pitney, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
• Frank H. Sommer, Essex County Sheriff

Results

The Republican State Convention was held in Trenton on September 10. ^[1]

1907 New Jersey Republican Convention ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. Franklin Fort	753	65.59%
	Republican	Vivian M. Lewis	179	15.59%
	Republican	Frank Sommer	120	10.45%
	Republican	Mahlon Pitney	96	8.36%
Total votes			1,148	100.00%

Democratic nomination

Candidates

• John Hinchliffe, former Mayor of Paterson and State Senator
• Frank S. Katzenbach, Mayor of Trenton
• James E. Martine, former member of the Plainfield Common Council and candidate for U.S. Representative in 1906

Results

The Democratic State Convention was held in Trenton on September 17. ^[1]

1907 New Jersey Democratic Convention ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank S. Katzenbach	1,093.5	90.86%
	Democratic	John Hinchliffe	75	6.23%
	Democratic	James E. Martine	35	2.91%
Total votes			1,203.5	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor)
• John Franklin Fort, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (Republican)
• Frank S. Katzenbach, Mayor of Trenton (Democratic)
• Frederick Krafft, activist and business manager of the New Yorker Volkszeitung (Socialist)
• James G. Mason (Prohibition)

Results

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1907 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Franklin Fort	194,313	49.28%	4.22
	Democratic	Frank S. Katzenbach	186,300	47.25%	5.69
	Socialist	Frederick Krafft	6,848	1.74%	0.31
	Prohibition	James G. Mason	5,255	1.33%	0.22
	Socialist Labor	John C. Butterworth	1,568	0.40%	0.18
Majority
Total votes			394,284	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

References

1. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1908. 1907. p. 263.
2. Kalb, Deborah (December 24, 2015). Guide to U.S. Elections. ISBN   9781483380353 . Retrieved January 25, 2016.