1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election

1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election

← 1892 November 5, 1895 1898 →
 
Nominee John W. Griggs Alexander T. McGill
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 162,900 136,000
Percentage 52.3% 43.6%

County results
Griggs:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%
McGill:      50–60%

Governor before election

George Theodore Werts
Democratic

Elected Governor

John W. Griggs
Republican

The 1895 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1895. Republican nominee John W. Griggs defeated Democratic nominee Alexander T. McGill with 52.28% of the vote.

Griggs was the first Republican elected Governor of New Jersey since Marcus Lawrence Ward in 1865. His election culminated a political realignment in the state from slightly-but-solidly Democratic to Republican; Republicans would not lose another gubernatorial election until 1910.