Claim: The Republican party candidate Walter Evans Edge garnered the highest vote of 50.34% against Democratic candidate George M. LaMonte's 43.23% during the 1918 United States Senate election in New Jersey which was held during the midpoint of Woodrow Wilson's second term as President of the United States.
Evidence: In 1918 he was the Democratic candidate for the open seat in the United States Senate left vacant after the death of William Hughes. Incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson defeated former Governor of New York Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate.