1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election
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.
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County results Griggs: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% McGill: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
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