1895_New_Jersey_gubernatorial_election

1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election
	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

1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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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.

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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.

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"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.

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Kalb, Deborah (December 24, 2015). Guide to U.S. Elections. CQ Press. ISBN 9781483380353. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

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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%

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%

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%

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

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1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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