Andrew Maguire Archives - New Jersey Globe

Following Guarini’s death, Virginia centenarian is America’s oldest-living ex-congressman

June 22, 2026 11:10 am

The death of Frank J. Guarini (D-Jersey City) on Saturday leaves 101-year-old William Whitehurst, a Republican from Virginia, as America’s oldest-living former congressman. Whitehurst, a Republican who represented Virginia’s 2nd district from 1969 to 1987, served in the House with...

Happy 101st Birthday, Congressman Frank Guarini

August 20, 2025 12:00 amAugust 21, 2025 11:22 am

Frank J. Guarini, Jr., who served as a congressman from a Hudson County district for fourteen years, celebrates his 101st birthday today. The Jersey City Democrat is the oldest living former congressman from New Jersey, the oldest living former statewide...

How Joe Maraziti got to Congress, with some tangents

November 4, 2024 11:23 pm

In the old days, when daily newspapers provided intensive local news coverage, the media could take down a congressman. Back in 1974, three months after the Watergate scandal forced Richard Nixon to resign the presidency, local coverage of another Boonton...

Happy 93rd birthday to former Congressman Herb Klein

June 24, 2023 7:22 amJune 25, 2023 2:34 am

New Jersey’s second-oldest living former congressman is celebrating his 93rd birthday today. Herbert C. Klein spent two years in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1993 to 1995. The state’s oldest-living congressman is Frank J. Guarini, 98, a former...

William Meisner, former Saddle Brook councilman, dies at 83

February 9, 2022 11:05 pmFebruary 9, 2022 11:07 pm

Former Saddle Brook Councilman William J. Meisner, an prominent educator and Democratic leader who once found himself in the crosshairs of the state’s premier party boss, died on February 7. He was 83. Meisner became involved in politics in the...

Gottheimer has $10 million cash-on-hand after raising $966k in Q2

July 13, 2021 7:00 amJuly 13, 2021 12:25 pm

The Human Fundraising Machine can also be known as the Eight-Digit Man. Rep. Josh Gottheimer has accumulated a behemothic $10,033,321 warchest after raising a Brobdignagian $966,157 in the 2nd quarter of 2021. He becomes the first House member in New...

Happy 91st birthday to former Congressman Herb Klein

June 24, 2021 10:46 am

New Jersey’s second-oldest living former congressman is celebrating his 91st birthday today. Herbert C. Klein spent two years in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving from 1993 to 1995. The state’s oldest-living congressman is Frank J. Guarini, 96, a former...