1918 United States Senate election in New Jersey

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1918 United States Senate election in New Jersey

← 1913 November 7, 1918 1924 →
  WalterEvansEdge.jpg George M. La Monte.jpg
Nominee Walter Evans Edge George M. La Monte
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 179,022 153,743
Percentage 50.34% 43.23%

Senator before election

David Baird Sr.
Republican

Elected Senator

Walter Evans Edge
Republican

The United States Senate election of 1918 in New Jersey was held on November 7, 1918.

Incumbent Democratic Senator William Hughes died in office in January. Republican Governor of New Jersey Walter Evans Edge was elected to the six-year term over Democrat George LaMonte.

In a special election held the same day, interim Senator David Baird Sr. (whom Edge had appointed) was elected to serve the remainder of Senator Hughes' term.

Candidates[]

  • Grafton E. Day (Prohibition)
  • Walter Evans Edge (Republican), Governor of New Jersey
  • George M. La Monte (Democrat), former State Commissioner of Banking and Insurance
  • James M. Reilly (Socialist), perennial candidate
  • William J. Wallace (Single Tax)

General election[]

Results[]

1918 United States Senate election in New Jersey[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter Evans Edge 179,022 50.34%
Democratic George M. LaMonte 153,743 43.23%
Socialist James M. Reilly 14,723 4.14%
Prohibition Grafton E. Day 5,768 1.62%
Single Tax William J. Wallace 2,352 0.66%

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1918" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns – NJ US Senate Race – Nov 05, 1918". www.ourcampaigns.com.


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