1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election

The 1907 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1907. Republican nominee John Franklin Fort defeated Democratic nominee Frank S. Katzenbach with 49.28% of the vote.

This was the Republicans fifth straight gubernatorial victory, the party's longest in history.

Candidates

 * J. Franklin Fort, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
 * Vivian M. Lewis, New Jersey Clerk in Chancery
 * Mahlon Pitney, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
 * Frank H. Sommer, Essex County Sheriff

Results
The Republican State Convention was held in Trenton on September 10.

Candidates

 * John Hinchliffe, former Mayor of Paterson and State Senator
 * Frank S. Katzenbach, Mayor of Trenton
 * James E. Martine, former member of the Plainfield Common Council and candidate for U.S. Representative in 1906

Results
The Democratic State Convention was held in Trenton on September 17.

Candidates

 * John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor)
 * John Franklin Fort, Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (Republican)
 * Frank S. Katzenbach, Mayor of Trenton (Democratic)
 * Frederick Krafft, activist and business manager of the New Yorker Volkszeitung (Socialist)
 * James G. Mason (Prohibition)