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New Jersey election
1873 New Jersey Senate elections
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Republican
Democratic
Seats before
13
8
Seats won
14
7
Seat change
1
1
Seats up
3
3
Races won
4
2
Senate President before election
John W. Taylor
Republican
Elected Senate President
John W. Taylor
Republican
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.
Incumbents not running for re-election
Democratic
David H. Banghart (Hunterdon)
Henry A. Williams (Passaic)
Richard E. Edsall (Sussex)
Republican
Summary of results by county
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
Burlington
Cape May
Hunterdon
Middlesex
Passaic
Sussex
References