<page_title> 1844 New Jersey gubernatorial election </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Whig <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Charles C. Stratton <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> <cell> 50.94% <col_header> % </col_header> </cell> <cell> Democratic <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> John Renshaw Thomson <col_header> Candidate </col_header> </cell> </table>
Whig nominee Charles C. Stratton defeated Democratic nominee John Renshaw Thomson with 50.94% of the vote.