Election Name: | 1957 New Jersey Senate elections |
Seats1: | 13 |
Country: | New Jersey |
Previous Election: | 1955 New Jersey State Senate election |
Previous Year: | 1955 |
Next Election: | 1959 New Jersey State Senate election |
Next Year: | 1959 |
Majority Seats: | 11 |
Election Date: | November 5, 1957 |
Seats For Election: | 10 of the 21 seats in the New Jersey State Senate |
1Blank: | Seats up |
2Blank: | Races won |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Ongoing: | no |
Type: | legislative |
Seats2: | 8 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
2Data1: | 7 |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Seats Before2: | 7 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Seats Before1: | 14 |
1Data2: | 3 |
2Data2: | 4 |
Senate President | |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
1Data1: | 6 |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1957 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 5.
The elections coincided with the re-election of Governor Robert Meyner. Ten of New Jersey's 21 counties elected Senators. Democrats gained one seat in Passaic County, where Anthony J. Grossi unseated incumbent Republican Frank W. Shershin.
County | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atlantic | Frank S. Farley | Rep | Frank S. Farley | Rep | |||
Bergen | Walter H. Jones | Rep | Walter H. Jones | Rep | |||
Burlington | Albert McCay | Rep | No election | ||||
Camden | Joseph W. Cowgill | Dem | No election | ||||
Cape May | Charles W. Sandman | Rep | No election | ||||
Cumberland | W. Howard Sharp | Dem | W. Howard Sharp | Dem | |||
Essex | Donal C. Fox | Dem | No election | ||||
Gloucester | Harold W. Hannold | Rep | No election | ||||
Hudson | James F. Murray Jr. | Dem | William F. Kelly Jr. | Dem | |||
Hunterdon | Wesley Lance | Rep | Wesley Lance | Rep | |||
Mercer | Sido Ridolfi | Dem | Sido Ridolfi | Dem | |||
Middlesex | John A. Lynch | Dem | No election | ||||
Monmouth | Richard R. Stout | Rep | No election | ||||
Morris | Thomas J. Hillery | Rep | Thomas J. Hillery | Rep | |||
Ocean | W. Steelman Mathis | Rep | W. Steelman Mathis | Rep | |||
Passaic | Frank W. Shershin | Rep | Anthony J. Grossi | Dem | |||
Salem | John A. Waddington | Dem | No election | ||||
Somerset | Malcolm Forbes | Rep | No election | ||||
Sussex | George B. Harper | Rep | George B. Harper | Rep | |||
Union | Kenneth Hand | Rep | No election | ||||
Warren | Wayne Dumont | Rep | No election |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Seats where the margin of victory was 10% or greater; and the seat flipped party control: