Abraham Lincoln Archives - New Jersey Globe

Veteran: George B. McClellan

May 29, 2023 12:06 amMay 28, 2023 5:30 pm

Orange resident George B. McClellan served as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Civil War and later served one term as the Governor of New Jersey. He carried New Jersey as the Democratic nominee for president when...

Veteran: George Carse

May 29, 2023 12:04 amMay 28, 2023 5:01 pm

Assemblyman George B. Carse (R-Camden) was a key player in Florida politics during Reconstruction after serving as a decorated Civil War hero. Carse enlisted in the Union Army after the fall of Fort Sumter in April 1861. During the Battle...

Veteran: Charles Haight

May 29, 2023 12:03 amMay 28, 2023 4:59 pm

Charles Haight (D-Colts Neck) was serving as Assembly Speaker in 1861 when he was commissioned as a brigadier general of the New Jersey Militia. He held the speakership in 1862, even though he would spend the next 2 ½ years...

New Jerseyans As Presidential Candidates

February 20, 2023 12:14 amFebruary 20, 2023 12:13 am

The withdrawal of two New Jerseyans from the campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination keeps Woodrow Wilson’s record intact as the last Garden Stater to win the presidency. Cory Booker withdrew on January 13, 2019, and former Rep. John...

How Abraham Lincoln won New Jersey

February 20, 2023 12:07 amFebruary 20, 2023 12:01 am

Abraham Lincoln won four electoral votes in New Jersey in 1860, with three electors pledged to a fusion ticket that would back one of three Democrats who had the best shot at winning after Election Day. There was no public...

New Jersey Democrats had no horse in 1860

February 20, 2023 12:05 amFebruary 19, 2023 11:59 pm

Democrats never really had a candidate to run against Abraham Lincoln in 1860, but they still managed to get three electoral votes with four going to the Republican. Northern Democrats were backing Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois, Southern Democrats supported...

How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 20, 2023 12:03 amFebruary 19, 2023 11:58 pm

An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837, and then became an associate justice...