1922 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1922 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election?

George Sebastian Silzer won the 1922 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election. George Sebastian Silzer received 427,206 popular votes (52.2%). The main challenger was William Nelson Runyon (46.8%).

See the full head-to-head between Silzer and Runyon

Silzer +5.4 pts · won by 43,894 votes
427,206 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.