1875 New Jersey Senate election

none January 2026 1875 New Jersey Senate election November 2, 1875 New Jersey 13 Democratic Party (United States) 8 1 2 1 3 6 5 9 12 1874 New Jersey Senate election 1874 1876 New Jersey Senate election 1876 11 8 of the 21 seats in the New Jersey State Senate legislative Seats up Races won 37,203 35,052 51.49% 48.51% Republican Party (United States) Results of the 1875 New Jersey State Senate election by district.svg x300px Results by district#92C5DE Democratic hold #0671B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold#808080 No election no Senate President John W. Taylor Republican Party (United States) William J. Sewell Republican Party (United States) 1878 1872 New Jersey Senate election 1878 New Jersey Senate election 1872 The 1875 New Jersey Senate election was held on November 2, 1875, to elect eight of the 21 members of the New Jersey Senate that were up for election. Under the 1844 New Jersey Constitution, each county was apportioned one Senate seat. Democrats picked up the Somerset County seat, while the rest of the seats were successfully defended by both parties. Summary of results by county CountyIncumbenthttps://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1875mull/page/62/mode/2up Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1875 NJ State LibraryPartyElected Senatorhttps://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1876mull/page/56/mode/2up Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1876 NJ State LibraryPartyAtlanticHosea F. MaddenDemNo electionBergenGeorge DaytonDemNo electionBurlingtonBarton F. ThornRepNo electionCamdenW. J. SewellRepW. J. SewellRepCape MayRichard S. LeamingRepNo electionCumberlandJ. Howard WilletsRepNo electionEssexJohn W. TaylorRepWM. H. KirkRepGloucesterSamuel HopkinsRepThos. B. MathersRepHudsonLeon AbbettDemNo electionHunterdonFrederic A. PottsRepNo electionMercerJonathan H. BlackwellDemNo electionMiddlesexLevi D. JarrardRepNo electionMonmouthWilliam HendricksonDemWilliam HendricksonDemMorrisJohn HillRepNo electionOceanJohn S. SchultzeRepNo electionPassaicJohn HopperDemNo electionSalemIsaac NewkirkRepChas. S. PlummerRepSomersetElisha B. WoodRepCharles B. MooreDemSussexSamuel T. SmithDemNo electionUnionJ. Henry StoneRepWilliam J. MagieRepWarrenJoseph B. CornishDemWilliam SilverthornDem Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: blue Somerset County, 2.86% (gain) red Salem County, 3.94% red Camden County, 6.54% red Gloucester County, 7.00% Detailed results Camden 1875 general electionManual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1876 https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1876mull/page/98/mode/2up NJ State Library Republican Party (US) William J. Sewell (incumbent) 4,991 53.32% Democratic Party (US) Lippincott 4,370 46.68% 9,361 100.00% Republican Party (US) Essex 1875 general election Republican Party (US) WM. H. Kirk 14,496 57.97% Democratic Party (US) Ferry 10,512 42.03% 25,008 100.00% Republican Party (US) Gloucester 1875 general election Republican Party (US) Thos. B. Mathers 2,387 53.50% Democratic Party (US) Carter 2,075 46.50% 4,462 100.00% Republican Party (US) Monmouth 1875 general election Democratic Party (US) William Hendrickson (incumbent) 5,123 62.48% Republican Party (US) Herbert 3,077 37.52% 8,200 100.00% Democratic Party (US) Salem 1875 general election Republican Party (US) Chas. S. Plummer 2,778 51.97% Democratic Party (US) Wood 2,567 48.03% 5,345 100.00% Republican Party (US) Somerset 1875 general election Democratic Party (US) Charles B. Moore 2,691 51.43% Republican Party (US) Schenck 2,541 48.57% 5,232 100.00% Democratic Party (US) Republican Party (US) Union 1875 general election Republican Party (US) William J. Magie 5,022 56.00% Democratic Party (US) Blancke 3,946 44.00% 8,968 100.00% Republican Party (US) Warren 1875 general election Democratic Party (US) William Silverthorn 3,768 66.35% Republican Party (US) Harris 1,911 33.65% 5,679 100.00% Democratic Party (US) References Category:New Jersey Senate elections Category:1875 New Jersey elections Category:1875 state legislature elections in the United States Category:November 1875 in the United States