Claim: In the 1936 United States Senate election in New Jersey, W. Barbour took the highest votes with 367,021 (81.47%), followed by David J. Allen with 49,335 (10.95%), both of the Republican party, a party founded in 1854 by opponents of the Kansas–Nebraska Act.
Evidence: 1936 United States Senate election in New Jersey William H. Smathers 916,414 54.90%