Warren Harding was adored in New Jersey.
In New Jersey, Harding received 68% of the vote in the 1920 presidential contest. The GOP won 59 of the state’s 60 State Assembly seats, and he won all 21 counties.
In 1924, Herbert Hoover won New Jersey with 60% of the vote, while Calvin Coolidge received 62%.
Only one of Franklin Roosevelt’s four victories in New Jersey was by a significant margin.
He only lost by two points, 49.5%-47.6%, to Hoover in 1932. Roosevelt took Hudson, Middlesex, Passaic, and Warren counties, while Hoover took 17 counties. He was elevated by Middlesex County Democratic leader David Wilentz and Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague.
Although Alf Landon won Sussex, Morris, Monmouth, and Ocean counties, Roosevelt won New Jersey with 60% of the vote in 1936.
Wendell Willkie defeated Roosevelt 52%–48% in 1940. Ten counties were won by Willkie: Union, Somerset, Sussex Ocean, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Essex, Bergen, and Cape May.
In 1944, Roosevelt defeated Thomas Dewey in New Jersey by a margin of 50% to 49%. In addition to Warren, Dewey won eleven counties, the same 10 as Willkie did.
In 1947, Dewey defeated President Harry Truman by a margin of 40% to 46% in New Jersey. Hudson, Passaic, Middlesex, Mercer, Camden, and Salem counties were all won by Truman.
In each of his presidential campaigns, Dwight Eisenhower won New Jersey handily.
With a 57% victory over Adlai Stevenson in 1952, he won all but Hudson, Mercer, and Camden counties.
In 1956, Eisenhower defeated Stevenson by a score of 65% to 34%, winning all 21 of New Jersey’s counties.
