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The 1904 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904. Republican nominee Edward C. Stokes defeated Democratic nominee Charles C. Black with 53.50% of the vote.
At the state party convention in Trenton on September 20, no opponent emerged to Senator Edward Stokes, and he was nominated enthusiastically without opposition.[1]
Various county parties promoted their favorite sons for the nomination, though the front-runner from the start was Charles C. Black, the candidate of Hudson County. Black had the support of Senator James Smith Jr., Robert Davis, and Allan McDermott. Black, a member of the State Tax Board, was also seen as a leading representative of the Democratic campaign for an equal tax.[2][4]
Ultimately, only two favorite son candidates were nominated against Black: Frank S. Katzenbach of Mercer County and Thomas M. Ferrell of Gloucester. They were soundly defeated at the party convention on September 15 in Trenton.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles C. Black | 945 | 88.32% | |
Democratic | Thomas M. Ferrell | 75 | 7.01% | |
Democratic | Frank S. Katzenbach | 50 | 4.67% | |
Total votes | 1,070 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Edward C. Stokes | 231,363 | 53.50% | 2.62 | |
Democratic | Charles C. Black | 179,719 | 41.56% | 4.58 | |
Socialist | Henry R. Kearns | 8,858 | 2.05% | 1.08 | |
Prohibition | James Parker | 6,687 | 1.55% | 0.06 | |
Populist | George A. Honnecker | 3,285 | 0.76% | N/A | |
Socialist Labor | George P. Herrschaft | 2,526 | 0.58% | 0.05 | |
Majority | |||||
Total votes | 432,438 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing |