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1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election
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1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election New Jersey 1896 Presidential no 1904 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1904 1910 New Jersey gubernatorial election 1910 November 5, 1907 File:John Franklin Fort.jpg John Franklin Fort Republican Party (United States) 194,313 49.28% File:Frank Snowden Katzenbach Jr. (1868-1929) (cropped).jpg 150x150px Frank S. Katzenbach Democratic Party (United States) 186,300 47.25% 1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 280px County resultsFort: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Katzenbach: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% Governor Edward C. Stokes Republican Party (United States) John Franklin Fort Republican Party (United States)
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.https://books.google.com/books?id=KDEfAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA263 The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1908 1907 263
1907 New Jersey Republican Convention
J. Franklin Fort Republican Party (United States) 753 65.59%
Vivian M. Lewis Republican Party (United States) 179 15.59%
Frank Sommer Republican Party (United States) 120 10.45%
Mahlon Pitney Republican Party (United States) 96 8.36%
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.
1907 New Jersey Democratic Convention
Frank S. Katzenbach Democratic Party (United States) 1,093.5 90.86%
John Hinchliffe Democratic Party (United States) 75 6.23%
James E. Martine Democratic Party (United States) 35 2.91%
1203.5 100.00%
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, 1907https://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) John Franklin Fort 194,313 49.28% 4.22
Democratic Party (United States) Frank S. Katzenbach 186,300 47.25% 5.69
Socialist Party of America Frederick Krafft 6,848 1.74% 0.31
Prohibition Party James G. Mason 5,255 1.33% 0.22
Socialist Labor Party of America John C. Butterworth 1,568 0.40% 0.18
394,284 100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
Notes
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