Cornelius Gallagher Archives - New Jersey Globe

Van Drew breaks with GOP, supports lifting of ERA ratification deadline

February 13, 2020 11:22 amFebruary 13, 2020 11:57 am

Party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted with House Democrats today to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming just one of five Republicans to support the bill. While still a Democrat, Van Drew became a co-sponsor...

Rep. Jeff Van Drew will likely face a primary challenge if he votes against impeachment.

Democratic chairs decline to sign letter supporting Van Drew

December 6, 2019 5:16 pmDecember 6, 2019 6:18 pm

Facing growing concerns about his ability to win a Democratic primary next year, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) asked Democratic county chairmen to sign a letter backing him for re-election. The answer for many of them was no, the New...

ERA extension gets support from 6 of 12 New Jersey House members

July 28, 2019 4:18 pm

A resolution in Congress to extend the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment has six co-sponsors from the New Jersey delegation: Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch), Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Albio Sires...

Bob Dole turns 96

July 22, 2019 9:02 pmJuly 22, 2019 10:11 pm

Bob Dole, who turned 96 today, served with 27 New Jerseyans during his 35 years in Congress — five in the Senate, where he represented Kansas from 1969 to 1996, and 22 in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he...

Genevieve Eilders, worked for Frank Hague, congressional staffer when Truman was president, dies at 105

March 22, 2019 12:28 amMarch 22, 2019 11:03 am

When Jersey City’s Genevieve Gburczyk Eilers went to Washington to work as a congressional aide, Harry Truman was president and John F. Kennedy was still a congressman. Eilers, who served as an assistant to Rep. Alfred Sieminski from 1951 to...

Cornelius Gallagher, former New Jersey congressman, dies at 97

October 17, 2018 10:08 amOctober 17, 2018 7:51 pm

Cornelius Gallagher, the charismatic, affable Bayonne Democrat represented Hudson County in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1973, passed away at 7:30 this morning surrounded by his family. He was 97. Known as Neil, Gallagher became a protégé...

New Jerseys 20 Living ex-Congressmen

October 15, 2018 9:15 amOctober 15, 2018 1:40 pm

Rush Holt is 70 today, the 11th oldest of the nineteen living former Congressmen from New Jersey. The oldest is Cornelius Gallagher, who celebrated his 97th birthday last March. The Bayonne Democrat was first elected to Congress in 1958, making...