1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election New Jersey 1896 Presidential no 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1895 1901 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1901 November 8, 1898 File:Foster MacGowan Voorhees.jpg 150x150px Foster McGowan Voorhees Republican Party (United States) 164,051 48.91% File:Elvin Williamson Crane (1853–1909).png Elvin W. Crane Democratic Party (United States) 158,552 47.27% 1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsVoorhees: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Crane: #7996e2 50–60% Governor David Ogden Watkins (acting) Republican Party (United States) Foster McGowan Voorhees Republican Party (United States) 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. 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.29 Sep 1898 1 The Jersey City News Daly Might Have Had It: A Second Ballot Would Probably Have Resulted in his Nomination 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. Candidates Clarence T. Atkinson, Camden attorney and free silver activist Christian Braun, State Senator for Passaic County and former mayor of Paterson Howard Carrow, Camden attorney Elvin W. Crane, Essex County Prosecutor William D. Daly, former U.S. Representative from Hoboken Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly, Quartermaster General of New Jersey and former mayor of Trenton James M. Seymour, mayor of Newark (not nominated) Results 1898 Democratic convention, informal ballot Elvin W. Crane Democratic Party (United States) 441 41.60% William D. Daly Democratic Party (United States) 364 34.34% Clarence T. Atkinson Democratic Party (United States) 75 7.08% Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly Democratic Party (United States) 73 6.89% Christian Braun Democratic Party (United States) 72 6.79% James M. Seymour (draft) Democratic Party (United States) 19 1.79% Howard Carrow Democratic Party (United States) 11 1.04% Lee Democratic Party (United States) 2 0.19% Blank Democratic Party (United States) 3 0.28% 1,060 100.00% General election Candidates Elvin W. Crane, Essex County Prosecutor (Democratic) Thomas H. Landon (Prohibition) Matthew Maguire, machinist and nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1896 (Socialist Labor) Frederick Schrayshuen (Populist) Foster McGowan Voorhees, State Senator for Union County (Republican) Results New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1898https://books.google.com/books?id=9CZECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1715 Guide to U.S. Elections 24 December 2015 9781483380353 2016-01-25 Kalb Deborah Republican Party (United States) Foster McGowan Voorhees 164,051 48.91% 3.37 Democratic Party (United States) Elvin W. Crane 158,552 47.27% 3.63 Prohibition Party Thomas H. Landon 6,893 2.06% 0.08 Socialist Labor Party of America Matthew Maguire 5,458 1.63% 0.30 Populist Party (United States) Frederick Schrayshuen 491 0.15% 0.46 335,445 100.00% Republican Party (United States) References 1898 New Jersey Gubernatorial Category:November 1898 in the United States