1916 New Jersey gubernatorial election

The 1916 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Republican nominee Walter Evans Edge defeated Democratic nominee H. Otto Wittpenn with 55.44% of the vote.

1916 New Jersey gubernatorial election

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Nominee Walter Evans Edge H. Otto Wittpenn Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 247,343 177,696 Percentage 55.4% 39.8%

County results Edge:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Wittpenn:      50–60%

Governor before election James Fairman Fielder Democratic Elected Governor Walter Evans Edge Republican

• H. Otto Wittpenn, former Mayor of Jersey City

Wittpenn, who had run for Governor in 1913 but withdrew in favor of James Fairman Fielder,^[1] was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

• Austen Colgate, former State Senator from Essex County
• Walter Evans Edge, State Senator from Atlantic County
• George L. Record, attorney and perennial candidate from Jersey City

• John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor)
• Walter Evans Edge, State Senator from Atlantic County (Republican)
• Frederick Krafft, business manager of the New Yorker Volkszeitung (Socialist)
• Harry Vaughan (Prohibition)
• H. Otto Wittpenn, former Mayor of Jersey City (Democratic)