1916 New Jersey gubernatorial election

The 1916 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Republican nominee Walter Evans Edge defeated Democratic nominee H. Otto Wittpenn with 55.44% of the vote.

Candidates

 * H. Otto Wittpenn, former Mayor of Jersey City

Results
Wittpenn, who had run for Governor in 1913 but withdrew in favor of James Fairman Fielder, was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Candidates

 * Austen Colgate, former State Senator from Essex County
 * Walter Evans Edge, State Senator from Atlantic County
 * George L. Record, attorney and perennial candidate from Jersey City

Candidates

 * John C. Butterworth (Socialist Labor)
 * Walter Evans Edge, State Senator from Atlantic County (Republican)
 * Frederick Krafft, business manager of the New Yorker Volkszeitung (Socialist)
 * Harry Vaughan (Prohibition)
 * H. Otto Wittpenn, former Mayor of Jersey City (Democratic)