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New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1916

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November 7, 1916
  
1919 →

55.44%
  
39.83%

247,343
  
177,696

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1916

The New Jersey gubernatorial election of 1916 was a race for Governor of New Jersey held on November 7, 1916. Republican Walter Evans Edge defeated Democratic nominee H. Otto Wittpenn with 55.44% of the vote.

Candidates

Major party candidates

  • Walter Evans Edge, Republican
  • H. Otto Wittpenn, Democratic

    • Other candidates

  • Frederick Krafft, Socialist
  • Harry Vaughan, Prohibition Party
  • John C. Butterworth, Socialist Labor Party of America

    • References

    New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1916 Wikipedia
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