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Veterans: The Winners Of The 1789 Election For New Jersey’s First Congressional Election

May 30, 2022 12:01 amMay 30, 2022 11:09 pm

Five of the original six members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation in 1789 were veterans of the America War of Independence. Jonathan Elmer, one of the state’s two original United States Senators, was a captain of the a Militia company...

Veterans Day: The winners of the 1789 election for New Jersey’s first congressional election

November 11, 2021 12:03 amNovember 10, 2021 7:55 pm

Five of the original six members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation in 1789 were veterans of the America War of Independence. Jonathan Elmer, one of the state’s two original United States Senators, was a captain of the a Militia company...

Veterans: The Winners Of The 1789 Election For New Jersey’s First Congressional Election

May 31, 2021 12:02 amMay 31, 2021 11:05 pm

Five of the original six members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation in 1789 were veterans of the America War of Independence. Jonathan Elmer, one of the state’s two original United States Senators, was a captain of the a Militia company...

Veterans: The winners of the 1789 election for New Jersey’s first congressional election

November 11, 2020 12:03 amNovember 11, 2020 8:58 am

Five of the original six members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation in 1789 were veterans of the America War of Independence. Jonathan Elmer, one of the state’s two original United States Senators, was a captain of the a Militia company...

Veterans: The winners of the 1789 election for New Jersey’s first congressional election

May 25, 2020 12:03 amMay 24, 2020 11:03 pm

Five of the original six members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation in 1789 were veterans of the America War of Independence. Jonathan Elmer, one of the state’s two original United States Senators, was a captain of the a Militia company...

New Jersey’s Declaration of Independence signers were not professional politicians

July 4, 2019 2:29 pmJuly 8, 2019 3:50 pm

Just one of the five New Jerseyans who signed the Declaration of Independence went on to run for public office. Abraham Clark was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving in the Second and Third Congress from 1791 until...