1931 New Jersey gubernatorial election

1931 New Jersey gubernatorial election
November 3, 1931
Turnout69.53%[1] ( 17.79%)
 
Nominee A. Harry Moore David Baird Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 735,504 505,451
Percentage 57.8% 39.7%
County results
Moore:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Baird:      40–50%      50-60%
Governor before election

Morgan Foster Larson
Republican

Elected Governor

A. Harry Moore
Democratic

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The 1931 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1931. Democratic nominee A. Harry Moore defeated Republican nominee David Baird Jr. with 57.82% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrew

  • Robert Carey, Jersey City judge and candidate for governor in 1928[2]

General election

Candidates

  • John J. Ballam, founder of the Communist Party and trade union organizer (Communist)
  • David Baird Jr., former interim U.S. Senator (Republican)
  • Owen M. Bruner (Prohibition)
  • John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor)
  • Edmund R. Halsey (independent)
  • John A. Kelly (Taxpayers)
  • A. Harry Moore, former governor (Democratic)
  • Herman F. Niessner (Socialist)

Results

New Jersey gubernatorial election, 1931[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic A. Harry Moore 735,504 57.82%
Republican David Baird Jr. 505,451 39.74%
Independent Edmund R. Halsey 13,474 1.06%
Prohibition Owen M. Bruner 8,101 0.64%
Socialist Herman F. Niessner 5,247 0.41%
Communist John J. Ballam 1,753 0.14%
Socialist Labor John C. Butterworth 1,553 0.12%
Independent John A. Kelly 951 0.08%
Majority
Turnout
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

References

  1. ^ "General Election Data - 1924 to 2022" (PDF). NJ.gov.
  2. ^ "CAREY TO WITHDRAW FROM JERSEY RACE; Ex-Judge Said to Feel Contest Would Hamper Republican Gubernatorial Nominee". The New York Times. March 5, 1931. p. 19. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Votes Cast for the Office of Governor of the State of New Jersey" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. 1931. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
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