The 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1895. Republican nominee John W. Griggs defeated Democratic nominee Alexander T. McGill with 52.28% of the vote.
Griggs was the first Republican elected Governor of New Jersey since Marcus Lawrence Ward in 1865. His election culminated a political realignment in the state from slightly-but-solidly Democratic to Republican; Republicans would not lose another gubernatorial election until 1910.
Republican nomination Candidates John J. Gardner, U.S. representative from Atlantic City John W. Griggs, state senator for Passaic County John Kean, former U.S. representative from Elizabeth and nominee for governor in 1892 Maurice Rogers, state senator for Camden County Foster McGowan Voorhees, state senator for Union County Elias S. Ward, Newark businessman
Convention
General election Candidates William B. Ellis (Populist) John W. Griggs, state senator for Passaic County (Republican) George B. Keim (Socialist Labor) Alexander T. McGill, Chancellor of New Jersey (Democratic) Henry W. Wilbur (Prohibition)
Results
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