Election returns courtesy of Richard Winger. Biographical data (links) from cited references and from other sources which appear to the Editor to be trustworthy.

 


Office
Candidate Name
Vote Total

% Vote


1940

Senator

Edson R. Leach 645 0.03

Governor

Elmo L. Bateman 584 0.03

Assembly, Passaic Co.

Andrew Mouw 45 0.04
Cornelius Hollman 36 0.03
John Holman 37 0.03
Walter S. Coombs 39 0.03

1942  

Senator 

Elmo L. Bateman
1,438
0.12  

Congress 1

Phebe Sharp Baner
583
0.48  

Congress 5

Charles K. Ely
832
0.87  

Congress 6

Margaret Cameron Lowe
1,627
1.80  

Congress 8

Savilla K. Dormida
68
0.08  

Congress 10

Albert Bowden
1,102
1.57  

Congress 11

Wesley U. Morris
248
0.40  

Congress 12

Jopn P. Wagner
119
0.16  

S. Sen. Passaic Co.

Editor Dorman
65
0.08  

Assembly, Cam. Co.

T.W. McConnell
487
0.61  

Assembly, Cam. Co.

Charles S. Gardner
479
0.60  

Assembly, Cam. Co.

George W. Ridout
497
0.62  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

John K. Austen
728
0.41  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

Clarence Bleakney
704
0.40  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

Mabel F. Freeman
743
0.42  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

Jacob Kizer
585
0.33  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

Thomas L. Lawler, Jr.
690
0.39  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

Louis K. Leach
666
0.38  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

James Epperly
629
0.36  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

Robert Sellick
646
0.37  

Assembly, Es. Co.

Clara V. Sears
667
0.38  

Assembly, Es. Co.

Walter Reeves
649
0.37  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

Lawrence Sutherland
734
0.42  

Assembly, Es. Co. 

Joseph McGee
649
0.37  

Assembly, Pas. Co.

Walter S. Coombs
118
0.14  

Assembly, Pas. Co.

Minnie Smith
101
0.12  

Assembly, Pas. Co.

John Holman
112
0.14  

Assembly, Pas. Co.

Elizabeth Koll
113
0.14  

Essex County,
    Freeholder

Mabel M. Farrington
2,620
1.54  

1943:        

Governor

John Binns
2,074
0.18  

State Senate
    (Camden Co.)

Jesse C. Roberts
113
0.14  

Assembly (Camden Co.)

Elizabeth S. Aceto
151
0.19  
 
Thomas W. McConnell
140
0.18  
 
Francis T. Hawk
156
0.20  

State Senate
    (Morris County)

Eugene A. Smith
192
0.52  

Assembly
    (Camden County)

Elizabeth S. Aceto
241
0.31  
 
C. Waldo McConnell
248
0.32  
 
George W. Ridout
267
0.34  

Assembly, Essex County

Orrie DeBake
(no data)
 
 
Mabel E. Freeman
(no data)
 
 
Albert Dodd
(no data)
 
 
James Epperley
(no data)
 
 
Mabel M. Farrington
(no data)
 
 
Thomas J. Lawler
(no data)
 
 
William H. Farrell
(no data)
 
 
Louise K. Leach
(no data)
 
 
Wallace Jones
(no data)
 
 
Jacob Kizer
(no data)
 
 
Robert Sellick
(no data)
 
 
Lawrence Sutherland
(no data)
 

Assembly,
    Monmouth County  

Horace T. Brown
302
1.23  
 
James S. Pemberton
691
2.81  

Assembly, Morris County

Sherman Plato Young
223
0.61  
 
Rosella Clark Hunt
181
0.50  

Passaic County

Elizabth Kolle
59
0.08  
 
Mary A. Higgins
54
0.08  
 
Cornelius Marks
6
0.10  
 
Walter S. Coombs
78
0.11  

Assembly, Union County

Beatrice E. Baillie
672
0.86  
 
Joseph Briscoe
669
0.86  
 
Nettie Bunting
705
0.90  
 
Fred Schafer
710
0.91  

Essex County, Freeholder

Wesley U. Morris
2,272
1.43  

1944:

Senator

George W. Ridout 9,873 0.53

Congress 1 (Camden)

Edward J. Moss, Jr. 251 0.14

Congress 5 (Middlesex)

Charles K. Ely 842 0.56

Congress 6 (Elizabeth)

Margaret Cameron Lowe 278 0.18

Congress 7
    (Bergen County)

Harold T. Van Iderstine  183 0.14

Congress 8 (Paterson)

Savilla K. Dormida  294 0.23

Congress 10 (Newark)

Albert R. Bowden 1,525 1.30

Congress 11 (Newark)

Wesley U. Morris 1,988 1.76

Congress 12 (Newark)

Ira V. Smith 2,420 1.81

State Senate, Gloucester County

Maud Marie Young 66 0.20  

State Senate,
    Camden County

Grafton E. Day 263 0.21  

State Senate,
    Essex County

Elmo E. Bateman 6,080 1.82  

State Senate,
    Union County

Lillian Riker 1,341 0.90  

Assembly, Bergen County

David Hopper 415 0.21  
 
Ethel B. Kleckner 367 0.19  
 
Cortland F. Cook 419 0.21  
 
George A. Hess 427 0.22  
 
Margaret E. Bratt 428 0.22  
 
Elizabeth Banta 529 0.27  

Assembly,
    Camden County

T. Francis Hawk 255 0.21  
Dorcas I. Naglee 252 0.21  
 
Anna S. Roberts 253 0.21  

Assembly, Essex County

Louise K. Leach 654 0.20  
 
William H. Farrell 770 0.24  
 
Walter F. Hartt 647 0.20  
 
Mabel E. Freeman 699 0.22  
 
Thomas J. Lawler, Jr. 671 0.21  
 
Mabel M. Farrington 635 0.20  
 
Arthur C. Styles 635 0.20  
 
Sadie Van Deventer 600 0.19  
 
James E. Epperly 583 0.18  
 
Jacob Kizer  571 0.18  
 
Robert Selick  580 0.18  
 
Milton A. Parker 614 0.19  

Assembly,
    Gloucester County

Bernice Crabbe Thomas 69 0.21  

Assembly, Morris County

Rosella Clark Hunt 75 0.13  
 
Emerson Hooper 70 0.12  

Assembly, Passaic County

Walter S. Coombs 64 0.05  
 
Lileon Louise Claxton 66 0.05  
 
Elizabeth Koll 52 0.04  
 
Cornelius Mass 57 0.04  

Assembly, Union County

Nettie Bunting 1,367 0.92  
 
William Schadewald 1,264 0.85  
 
Peter N. Dailey 1,340 0.90  
 
Beatrice Billie 1,292 0.87  

Essex County

 

    Sheriff

Orrie DeBake 3,418 1.09  

    Surrogate

Laurence Sutherland 3,577 1.15  

    Freeholder

Walter Reeves
3,415
1.10  
 
John P. Wagner  3,786 1.22  
 
John K. Austin 3,489 1.12  

1945:

Assemblyman

Mabel E. Freeman 1,405 1.19
Wesley U. Morris   1,323 1.12
   Lawrence Sutherland  1,402 1.19
Louise K. Leach 1,169 0.99
   Thomas J. Lawler  1,206 1.02
   Arthur C. Styles 1,095 0.93
   Milton A. Parker 1,231 1.04
   Sadie Van Deventer 1,049 0.89
   Ira V. Smith  1,173 0.99
   Mabel M. Farrington 1,063 0.90
   Jacob Kizer  975 0.83
   Walter F. Hartt 961 0.81

Essex County

    County Clerk 

William H. Farrell  1,106 0.96

    Freeholder

Orrie DeBake  834 0.72
Robert Sellick 880 0.76
John P. Wagner 1,014 0.88

Bartholomew County 

    Prosecuting Attorney 

Frank Youngman 332 4.29
*

Wabash County

    Prosecuting Attorney 
Cletus Smith 779 9.98
*

1946:

Governor 

John Binns
1,425
0.10

Senator   

George W. Ridout
1,711
0.13

Congress 5
    (Morris & Middlesex) 

Charles K. Ely 159 0.14

Congress 6 (Louise) 

Margaret Cameron Lowe 1,623 1.51

Congress 10 (Newark)  

Louiise K. Leach 1,140 1.34

Congress 11 (Newark)  

Wesley U. Morris 141 0.18

Congress 12 (Newark)  

William H. Farrell 170 0.20

State Senate,
    Morris Countynty

Eugene A. Smith    80 0.24

Assemblyman

    Morris County

Rosella Clark Hunt 98 0.24
 
Emerson Hooker 80 0.20

    Union County

Peter N. Dalley 1,870 1.74
Lillian Riker   1,796 1.67
Nettie Bunting    1,810 1.68

1948:

Senator

George S. Ridout
4,656
0.25

Cong. Dist. 3
    (Middlesex)

James S. Pemberton
234
0.16

Cong. Dist. 5
    (north central)

Emily R.G. Klein
151
0.09

Cong. Dist. 6
    (Elizabeth)

Margaret Cameron Lowe
1,605
1.07

Cong. Dist. 10
    (Newark)

William H. Schafer
345
0.30

Cong. Dist. 11
    (Newark)

Wesley U. Morris
864
0.78

Cong. Dist. 12
    (Newark)

William H. Farrell
266
0.21

1952  

Senator

A.N. Smith 6,815 0.29  

Cong. Dist. 5
    (north central)

Clinton A. Smith 129 0.06  

Cong. Dist. 6
    (Elizabeth)         

Ithamar Quigley            1,226 0.65  

Cong. Dist. 8
    (Paterson)

Edith Claxton 213 0.14  

Cong. Dist. 10
    (Newark) 

 Lawrence Sutherland 1,324 0.96  

Cong. Dist. 11
    (Newark)

Walter F. Hartt         218 0.17