1913 United States Senate election in New Jersey

none March 2026 September 2023 1913 United States Senate election in New Jersey New Jersey 1908 presidential no 1907 United States Senate election in New Jersey 1907 1918 United States Senate election in New Jersey 1918 January 28, 1913 x160px Resolution of the New Jersey Legislature Senate Percentage Assembly Percentage File:WmHughes.jpg William Hughes Democratic Party (United States) 12 57.1% 51 86.4% File:FrankOBriggs.jpg Frank O. Briggs Republican Party (United States) 9 42.9% 8 13.6% Senator Frank O. Briggs Republican Party (United States) William Hughes Democratic Party (United States) The 1913 United States Senate election in New Jersey was held on January 28, 1913. Republican incumbent Frank O. Briggs ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democratic judge and former U.S. representative William Hughes. Prior to passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, New Jersey elected United States senators by a resolution of the New Jersey Legislature. On September 24, 1912, direct "advisory" primaries were held. Hughes defeated former senator James Smith Jr. and John McDermitt of Newark for the Democratic nomination, while Briggs easily won the Republican nomination.1913 Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey https://archive.org/details/manualoflegislat1913mull/page/130/mode/2up?q=primary 130 Newark, N.J. M.R. Dennis & Co. 2 Jul 2022 Thus, Hughes or Briggs stood likely to be elected Senator if their respective party won the 1910 fall legislative elections. Republican primary Candidates Frank O. Briggs, incumbent Senator since 1907 Wescott Results center|thumb|Primary results by county 1912 Republican U.S. Senate primary Frank O. Briggs (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 68,903 94.70% Wescott Republican Party (US) 3,859 5.30% 72,762 100.00% Democratic primary Candidates William Hughes, U.S. representative from Paterson Frank M. McDermit, Newark resident and candidate for Senate in 1911 James Smith Jr., former U.S. senator (1893–1899) and candidate for Senate in 1911 Results center|thumb|Primary results by county 1912 Democratic U.S. Senate primary William Hughes Democratic Party (US) 62,532 61.72% James Smith Jr. Democratic Party (US) 33,490 33.06% John McDermitt Democratic Party (US) 5,291 5.22% 101,313 100.00% Three days after winning the primary, Hughes resigned from the House and was appointed judge of Court of Common Pleas of Passaic County. Results Senate 1913 U.S. Senate election in the New Jersey Senatehttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068119448&view=1up&seq=1382 Journal of the Senate of the State of New Jersey. 1913. en 2 Jul 2022 William Hughes Democratic Party (US) 12 57.14% Frank O. Briggs (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 9 42.86% 21 100.00% Assembly 1913 U.S. Senate election in the New Jersey General Assembly William Hughes Democratic Party (US) 51 86.44% Frank O. Briggs (incumbent) Republican Party (US) 8 13.56% 59 100.00% Briggs, died just a few months later on May 8, 1913. Hughes would not serve the complete term, dying January 30, 1918, just before the next scheduled election. References 1913 New Jersey United States Senate