1873 New Jersey Senate election

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6 of the 21 seats in the New Jersey State Senate
11 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party
Party	Republican	Democratic
Seats before	13	8
Seats won	14	7
Seat change	Increase 1	Decrease 1
Seats up	3	3
Races won	4	2

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The 1873 New Jersey State Senate elections were held in November.

The elections took place during the final year of Governor Joel Parker's second non-consecutive term in office. Republicans gained the Hunterdon County seat.

• David H. Banghart (Hunterdon)
• Henry A. Williams (Passaic)
• Richard E. Edsall (Sussex)

• Henry J. Irick (Burlington)
• Thomas Beesley Sr. (Cape May)

County	Incumbent [1]	Party		Elected Senator	Party
Atlantic	William Moore	Rep	No election
Bergen	Cornelius Lydecker	Dem	No election
Burlington	Henry J. Irick[2]	Rep	Barton F. Thorn	Rep
Camden	W. J. Sewell	Rep	No election
Cape May	Thomas Beesley Sr.	Rep	Richard S. Leaming	Rep
Cumberland	Caleb Henry Sheppard	Rep	No election
Essex	John W. Taylor	Rep	No election
Gloucester	Samuel Hopkins	Rep	No election
Hudson	John R. McPherson	Dem	No election
Hunterdon	David H. Banghart[2]	Dem	Frederic A. Potts	Rep
Mercer	Charles Hewitt	Rep	No election
Middlesex	Levi D. Jarrard	Rep	Levi D. Jarrard	Rep
Monmouth	William H. Hendrickson	Dem	No election
Morris	Augustus W. Cutler	Dem	No election
Ocean	John G. W. Havens	Rep	No election
Passaic	Henry A. Williams[2]	Dem	John Hopper	Dem
Salem	Isaac Newkirk	Rep	No election
Somerset	Elisha B. Wood	Rep	No election
Sussex	Richard E. Edsall[2]	Dem	Samuel T. Smith	Dem
Union	J. Henry Stone	Rep	No election
Warren	Joseph B. Cornish	Dem	No election

1873 general election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Barton F. Thorn	4,940	49.86%
Democratic	French	4,603	46.46%
Independent	Unknown	365	3.68%
Total votes			9,908	100.0%

1873 general election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Richard S. Leaming	887	70.73%
Democratic	Miller	367	29.27%
Total votes			1,254	100.0%

1873 general election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Frederic A. Potts	3,666	52.79%
Democratic	James N. Pidcock	3,279	47.21%
Total votes			6,945	100.0%

1873 general election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Levi D. Jarrard (incumbent)	4,388	50.99%
Democratic	Letson	4,218	49.01%
Total votes			8,606	100.0%

1873 general election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	John Hopper	3,778	50.18%
Republican	Carr	3,751	49.82%
Total votes			7,529	100.0%

1873 general election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Samuel T. Smith	2,397	60.87%
Republican	Huston	1,541	39.13%
Total votes			3,938	100.0%

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