1873 New Jersey Senate election

1873 New Jersey Senate elections

November 1873
6 of the 21 seats in the New Jersey State Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Seats before 13 8 Seats after 14 7 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 19,173 18,642 Percentage 50.22% 48.83% Seats up 3 3 Races won 4 2
Results by district      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain      No election
Senate President before election John W. Taylor Republican Elected Senate President John W. Taylor Republican

The 1873 New Jersey State Senate elections were held in November. Under the 1844 New Jersey Constitution, each county was apportioned one Senate seat.

The elections took place during the final year of Governor Joel Parker's second non-consecutive term in office. Republicans gained the Hunterdon County seat.

Incumbents not running for re-election

Democratic

• David H. Banghart (Hunterdon)
• Henry A. Williams (Passaic)
• Richard E. Edsall (Sussex)

Republican

• Henry J. Irick (Burlington)
• Thomas Beesley Sr. (Cape May)

Summary of results by county

County	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
Atlantic	William Moore		Rep	No election
Bergen	Cornelius Lydecker		Dem	No election
Burlington	Henry J. Irick		Rep	Barton F. Thorn		Rep
Camden	W. J. Sewell		Rep	No election
Cape May	Thomas Beesley Sr.		Rep	Richard S. Leaming		Rep
Cumberland	Caleb Henry Sheppard		Rep	No election
Essex	John W. Taylor		Rep	No election
Gloucester	Samuel Hopkins		Rep	No election
Hudson	John R. McPherson		Dem	No election
Hunterdon	David H. Banghart		Dem	Frederic A. Potts		Rep
Mercer	Charles Hewitt		Rep	No election
Middlesex	Levi D. Jarrard		Rep	Levi D. Jarrard		Rep
Monmouth	William H. Hendrickson		Dem	No election
Morris	Augustus W. Cutler		Dem	No election
Ocean	John G. W. Havens		Rep	No election
Passaic	Henry A. Williams		Dem	John Hopper		Dem
Salem	Isaac Newkirk		Rep	No election
Somerset	Elisha B. Wood		Rep	No election
Sussex	Richard E. Edsall		Dem	Samuel T. Smith		Dem
Union	J. Henry Stone		Rep	No election
Warren	Joseph B. Cornish		Dem	No election

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. Passaic, 0.36%
2. Middlesex, 1.98%
3. Burlington, 3.4%
4. Hunterdon, 5.58% gain

Burlington

1873 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Barton F. Thorn	4,940	49.86%
	Democratic	French	4,603	46.46%
	Independent	Unknown	365	3.68%
Total votes			9,908	100.0%

Cape May

1873 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Richard S. Leaming	887	70.73%
	Democratic	Miller	367	29.27%
Total votes			1,254	100.0%

Hunterdon

1873 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Frederic A. Potts	3,666	52.79%
	Democratic	James N. Pidcock	3,279	47.21%
Total votes			6,945	100.0%

Middlesex

1873 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Levi D. Jarrard (incumbent)	4,388	50.99%
	Democratic	Letson	4,218	49.01%
Total votes			8,606	100.0%

Passaic

1873 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Hopper	3,778	50.18%
	Republican	Carr	3,751	49.82%
Total votes			7,529	100.0%

Sussex

1873 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Samuel T. Smith	2,397	60.87%
	Republican	Huston	1,541	39.13%
Total votes			3,938	100.0%

See also

• List of New Jersey state legislatures