Electoral History
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey General Assembly Passaic County, Third District November 5, 1872. |
Republican hold | Garret Hobart | Republican | 1,787 | 65.03 | |||
| ? Oakley | Democratic | 961 | 34.97 | |||||
| New Jersey General Assembly Passaic County, Third District November 4, 1873. |
Republican hold | Garret Hobart* | Republican | 1,490 | 59.29 | |||
| Gerrit Planten | Democratic | 1,023 | 40.71 | |||||
| New Jersey Senate Passaic County November 7, 1876 |
Republican gain from Democratic | Garret Hobart | Republican | 5,912 | 54.16 | |||
| Charles Inglis | Democratic | 5,022 | 45.84 | |||||
| New Jersey Senate Passaic County November 4, 1879 |
Republican hold | Garret Hobart* | Republican | 5,546 | 59.54 | |||
| Garret A. Hopper | Democratic | 3,647 | 39.15 | |||||
| ? Wan | Greenback | 122 | 1.31 | |||||
| United States Senate election in New Jersey, 1883 by the New Jersey Legislature in joint session January 24, 1883 For the six-year term beginning March 4, 1883. McPherson was elected on the first ballot; 41 votes needed for election. |
Democratic hold | John R. McPherson* | Democratic | 43 | 53.09 | |||
| Garret Hobart | Republican | 36 | 44.44 | |||||
| George C. Ludlow | Democratic | 2 | 2.47 | |||||
| United States presidential election, 1896 Electoral College balloting for vice president. Popular vote November 3, 1896 in most states. The Democrats and People's Party (or Populists) both nominated William Jennings Bryan for president but the two parties chose different vice presidential candidates. Hobart's presidential running mate was William McKinley, who was also elected with 271 electoral votes. Candidates required 224 electoral votes for a majority. For the popular vote, see United States presidential election, 1896. |
Republican gain from Democratic | Garret Hobart | Republican | 271 | 60.63 | |||
| Arthur Sewall | Democratic | 149 | 33.33 | |||||
| Thomas E. Watson | Populist Party | 27 | 6.04 | |||||
* Incumbent
? First name not ascertained
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