1916 United States Senate election in New Jersey
Nominee
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr.
James E. Martine
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
244,715
170,019
Percentage
55.99%
38.90%
Senator before election
James E. Martine
Democratic
Elected Senator
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr.
Republican
The United States Senate election of 1916 in New Jersey was held on November 7, 1916.
Incumbent Democratic Senator James E. Martine ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated by Republican State Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Sr.
This was the first popular election for United States Senator in New Jersey history, following the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution . This was the first of four straight elections to this seat in which the incumbent was defeated.
Candidates [ ]
Livingston Barbour (Prohibition)
William C. Doughty (Socialist)
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen (Republican), President of the New Jersey Senate
Rudolph Katz (Socialist Labor)
James E. Martine (Democrat), incumbent Senator
General election [ ]
Results [ ]
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