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 County results Voorhees: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Crane: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1898 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898.Republican nomineeFoster McGowan Voorhees defeatedDemocratic nomineeElvin W. Crane with 48.91% of the vote.
Elvin W. Crane andJames M. Seymour contested the convention to elect delegates to the state convention. Crane won 132 of the 163 delegates, and Seymour withdrew as a candidate, releasing his delegates to support Crane.[1]
The Democratic convention in Trenton on September 29 was controversial and chaotic. First, proceedings were disrupted byfree silver supporters. A large number of names were placed in nomination, and after a ballot was taken, Robert Davis of Hudson County rose to change the county's 165 votes to Elvin Crane, securing his nomination without a second ballot. The rest of the delegates soon followed, making his nomination formally unanimous.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Elvin W. Crane | 441 | 41.60% | |
| Democratic | William D. Daly | 364 | 34.34% | |
| Democratic | Clarence T. Atkinson | 75 | 7.08% | |
| Democratic | Richard Grant Augustus Donnelly | 73 | 6.89% | |
| Democratic | Christian Braun | 72 | 6.79% | |
| Democratic | James M. Seymour (draft) | 19 | 1.79% | |
| Democratic | Howard Carrow | 11 | 1.04% | |
| Democratic | Lee | 2 | 0.19% | |
| Democratic | Blank | 3 | 0.28% | |
| Total votes | 1,060 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Foster McGowan Voorhees | 164,051 | 48.91% |  3.37 | |
| Democratic | Elvin W. Crane | 158,552 | 47.27% |  3.63 | |
| Prohibition | Thomas H. Landon | 6,893 | 2.06% | 0.08 | |
| Socialist Labor | Matthew Maguire | 5,458 | 1.63% | 0.30 | |
| Populist | Frederick Schrayshuen | 491 | 0.15% | 0.46 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Total votes | 335,445 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
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