The 1877 New Jersey Senate election was held on November 6, 1877, to elect seven of the 21 members of the New Jersey Senate that were up for election. Under the 1844 New Jersey Constitution, each county was apportioned one Senate seat.

Democrats picked up the Morris and Ocean county seats, while Republican John J. Gardner picked up the Atlantic County seat.

Summary of results by county

County Incumbent Party Elected Senator[1] Party
Atlantic Hosea F. Madden Dem John J. Gardner Rep
Bergen George Dayton Dem Cornelius S. Cooper Dem
Burlington Caleb G. Ridgway Dem No election
Camden W. J. Sewell Rep No election
Cape May Jonathan F. Leaming Rep No election
Cumberland J. Howard Willets Rep George S. Whitcar Rep
Essex William H. Kirk Rep No election
Gloucester Thomas B. Mathers Rep No election
Hudson Leon Abbett Dem Rudolph F. Rabe Dem
Hunterdon James N. Pidcock Dem No election
Mercer Jonathan H. Blackwell Dem Cromwell Marsh Dem
Middlesex George C. Ludlow Dem No election
Monmouth William Hendrickson Dem No election
Morris John Hill Rep Augustus C. Canfield Dem
Ocean John S. Schultze Rep Ephraim P. Emson Dem
Passaic Garret Hobart Rep No election
Salem Chas. S. Plummer Rep No election
Somerset Charles B. Moore Dem No election
Sussex Frank M. Ward Dem No election
Union William J. Magie Rep No election
Warren William Silverthorn Dem No election

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. Mercer County, 1.04%
  2. Bergen County, 3.16%
  3. Cumberland County, 4.21%
  4. Atlantic County, 4.68% (gain)
  5. Morris County, 4.88% (gain)

Other gains

Seats that flipped party control where the margin of victory was over 10%:

  1. Ocean County, 16.52% (gain)

Detailed results

Atlantic

1877 general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John J. Gardner 1,599 52.34%
Democratic A. Doughty 1,456 47.66%
Total votes 3,055 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Bergen

1877 general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cornelius S. Cooper 3,030 51.58%
Republican Fr. Howland 2,844 48.42%
Total votes 5,874 100.00%
Democratic hold

Cumberland

1877 general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George S. Whitcar 2,667 38.83%
Democratic Nat'l Stratton 2,378 34.62%
Greenback Charles C. Grosscup 1,824 26.55%
Total votes 6,869 100.00%
Republican hold

Hudson

1877 general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rudolph F. Rabe 14,563 61.82%
Republican Jacob Weart 8,995 38.18%
Total votes 23,558 100.00%
Democratic hold

Mercer

1877 general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cromwell Marsh 5,878 49.94%
Republican J. H. Brueret 5,756 48.90%
Prohibition H. B. Howell 137 1.16%
Total votes 11,771 100.00%
Democratic hold

Morris

1877 general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Augustus C. Canfield 4,428 52.44%
Republican William Hillard 4,016 47.56%
Total votes 8,444 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

Ocean

1877 general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ephraim P. Emson 1,900 58.26%
Republican H. G. Gullick 1,361 41.74%
Total votes 3,261 100.00%
Democratic gain from Republican

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1877_New_Jersey_Senate_election