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1901 New Jersey governor election

Franklin Murphy (Republican) beat James M. Seymour (Democrat) in New Jersey in 1901, 50.9% to 46.1%, a margin of 4.7 points and 17,133 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1898, when Foster M. Voorhees won.

Republicans led in 17 of the 21 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Essex, cast 68,256 votes and went to the Republican by 10.1 points. The closest was Middlesex, where 110 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Franklin Murphy won Republican 183,814 50.9%
James M. Seymour Democratic 166,681 46.1%
All other candidates 10,772 3.0%
Total361,267

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Essex 29,885 43.8% 36,780 53.9% 1,591 68,256 R+10.1
Hudson 36,880 55.1% 27,882 41.7% 2,143 66,905 D+13.4
Passaic 12,179 45.9% 13,481 50.8% 900 26,560 R+4.9
Camden 8,815 38.5% 13,571 59.3% 517 22,903 R+20.8
Mercer 9,083 44.2% 10,954 53.3% 528 20,565 R+9.1
Union 8,856 45.1% 10,215 52.0% 555 19,626 R+6.9
Monmouth 7,781 46.5% 8,556 51.2% 388 16,725 R+4.6
Middlesex 7,517 49.0% 7,627 49.7% 193 15,337 R+0.7
Bergen 6,061 43.7% 7,401 53.3% 414 13,876 R+9.7
Burlington 5,294 42.2% 6,877 54.8% 378 12,549 R+12.6
Morris 5,455 44.7% 6,335 51.9% 426 12,216 R+7.2
Cumberland 3,655 37.1% 5,567 56.6% 622 9,844 R+19.4
Atlantic 3,290 34.3% 6,051 63.1% 251 9,592 R+28.8
Hunterdon 4,052 55.6% 2,978 40.9% 252 7,282 D+14.7
Somerset 3,181 46.3% 3,490 50.8% 195 6,866 R+4.5
Warren 3,622 52.8% 2,919 42.6% 319 6,860 D+10.2
Gloucester 2,779 42.0% 3,504 52.9% 337 6,620 R+11.0
Salem 2,749 46.3% 2,931 49.3% 263 5,943 R+3.1
Sussex 2,953 54.6% 2,302 42.5% 157 5,412 D+12.0
Ocean 1,363 33.5% 2,516 61.9% 185 4,064 R+28.4
Cape May 1,231 37.7% 1,877 57.5% 158 3,266 R+19.8

Counties as they stood in 1901; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New Jersey governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2025 Mikie Sherrill (D) D+14.4
2021 Phil Murphy (D) D+3.2
2017 Philip Murphy (D) D+14.1
2013 Chris Christie (R) R+22.1
2009 Chris Christie (R) R+3.6
2005 Jon S. Corzine (D) D+10.4
2001 James McGreevey (D) D+14.8
1997 Christine T. Whitman (R) R+1.1
1993 Christine T. Whitman (R) R+1.0
1989 James J. Florio (D) D+24.0
1985 Thomas H. Kean (R) R+40.3
1981 Thomas H. Kean (R) R+0.1
1977 Brendan T. Byrne (D) D+13.9
1973 Brendan T. Byrne (D) D+34.8
1969 William T. Cahill (R) R+21.2
1965 Richard J. Hughes (D) D+16.3
1961 Richard J. Hughes (D) D+1.6
1957 Robert B. Meyner (D) D+10.1
1953 Robert B. Meyner (D) D+8.5
1949 Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (R) R+4.4
1946 Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (R) R+15.7
1943 Walter E. Edge (R) R+11.1
1940 Charles Edison (D) D+3.3
1937 Arthur Harry Moore (D) D+3.1
1934 Harold G. Hoffman (R) R+0.9
1931 A. Harry Moore (D) D+18.1
1928 Morgan F. Larson (R) R+10.1
1925 Arthur Harry Moore (D) D+4.2
1922 George S. Silzer (D) D+5.4
1919 Edward I. Edwards (D) D+3.3
1916 Walter Evans Edge (R) R+15.6
1913 James Fairman Fielder (D) D+8.8
1910 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+11.3
1907 John Franklin Fort (R) R+2.0
1904 Edward C. Stokes (R) R+11.9
1901 Franklin Murphy (R) R+4.7
1898 Foster M. Voorhees (R) R+1.6
1895 John W. Griggs (R) R+8.6
1892 George T. Werts (D) D+2.3
1889 Leon Abbett (D) D+5.3
1886 Robert S. Green (D) D+3.5
1883 Leon Abbett (D) D+3.3
1880 George C. Ludlow (D) D+0.3
1877 George B. McClellan (D) D+6.7
1874 Joseph D. Bedle (D) D+7.3
1871 Joel Parker (D) D+3.8
1868 Theodore F. Randolph (D) D+2.8
1865 Marcus Lawrence Ward (R) R+2.1