1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 related races 1895 United States gubernatorial elections 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election New Jersey 1788 Presidential no 1892 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1892 1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1898 November 5, 1895 x175px John W. Griggs (cropped).jpg John W. Griggs Republican Party (United States) 162,900 52.28% 3x4.svg Alexander T. McGill Democratic Party (United States) 136,000 43.64% 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsGriggs: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%McGill: #7996e2 50–60% Governor George Theodore Werts Democratic Party (United States) John W. Griggs Republican Party (United States) 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 Candidates John J. Gardner, U.S. representative from Atlantic CityCONVENTION NOMINATES J.W. GRIGGS: Republicans Choose Him for Governor on Third Ballot 20 Sep 1895 1 Press of Atlantic City https://www.newspapers.com/image/916402392 subscription 5 Aug 2023 John W. Griggs, state senator for Passaic County John Kean, former U.S. representative from Elizabeth and nominee for governor in 1892 Maurice Rogers, state senator for Camden County Foster McGowan Voorhees, state senator for Union County Elias S. Ward, Newark businessman Convention 1895 Republican convention, first ballot John W. Griggs Republican Party (US) 294 34.75% John Kean Republican Party (US) 207 24.47% Elias S. Ward Republican Party (US) 168 19.86% Maurice Rogers Republican Party (US) 79 9.34% Foster McGowan Voorhees Republican Party (US) 74 8.75% John J. Gardner Republican Party (US) 23 2.72% Toffey Republican Party (US) 1 0.12% 846 100.00% 1895 Republican convention, second ballot John W. Griggs Republican Party (US) 338 39.91% John Kean Republican Party (US) 248 29.28% Elias S. Ward Republican Party (US) 166 19.60% Foster McGowan Voorhees Republican Party (US) 65 7.67% Maurice Rogers Republican Party (US) 29 3.42% Toffey Republican Party (US) 1 0.12% 847 100.00% 1895 Republican convention, third ballot John W. Griggs Republican Party (US) 547 64.58% Elias S. Ward Republican Party (US) 138 16.29% John Kean Republican Party (US) 123 14.52% Foster McGowan Voorhees Republican Party (US) 38 4.49% Toffey Republican Party (US) 1 0.12% 847 100.00% General election Candidates William B. Ellis (Populist) John W. Griggs, state senator for Passaic County (Republican) George B. Keim (Socialist Labor) Alexander T. McGill, Chancellor of New Jersey (Democratic) Henry W. Wilbur (Prohibition) Results New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1895https://books.google.com/books?id=9CZECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1715 Guide to U.S. Elections 24 December 2015 9781483380353 2016-01-25 Kalb Deborah CQ Press Republican Party (United States) John W. Griggs 162,900 52.28% 4.89 Democratic Party (United States) Alexander T. McGill 136,000 43.64% 6.01 Prohibition Party Henry W. Wilbur 6,661 2.14% 0.16 Socialist Labor Party of America George B. Keim 4,147 1.33% 0.93 Populist Party (United States) William B. Ellis 1,901 0.61% 0.34 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References 1895 Category:1895 New Jersey elections New Jersey Category:November 1895 in the United States