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Tag: Dwight Eisenhower

New Jersey liked Ike, but Warren Harding set the record

February 16, 2026   12:12 amFebruary 16, 2026   8:21 pm
New Jersey loved Warren Harding. In the 1920 presidential election, Harding won 68% of the vote in New Jersey.  He won all 21 counties, and the GOP won 59 of the state’s 60 State Assembly seats. Calvin Coolidge took 62%...
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N.J. Presidential Trivia

February 16, 2026   12:01 amFebruary 15, 2026   7:57 pm
Franklin Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, and Frank Lautenberg hold the record for the most appearances on a New Jersey general election ballot as a major party nominee: five times each.  Roosevelt ran for Vice President in 1920 and President in 1932,...
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New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 16, 2026   12:00 amFebruary 15, 2026   7:55 pm
Gov. Mikie Sherrill backed three candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020: first Cory Booker, then Michael Bloomberg, and finally Joe Biden. In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in...
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Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 19, 2026   12:06 amJanuary 18, 2026   9:41 pm
Hutchins Inge (1900-2002) was the first Black to serve in the New Jersey State Senate.  A Newark physician, Inge was elected to the Senate in 1965, unseated Republican Senate Minority Leader C. Robert Sarcone by 7,144 votes. The opportunity for...
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Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 1, 2025   12:14 amAugust 31, 2025   11:18 pm
One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey’s history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after serving two terms as Mayor of Newark.  He was the Democratic...
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Labor Leader: James Mitchell, U.S. Secretary of Labor and N.J. gubernatorial candidate

September 1, 2025   12:03 amAugust 31, 2025   4:01 pm
James P. Mitchell (1900-1964) was a New Jersey construction company executive who served as Dwight Eisenhower’s Secretary of Labor and then nearly won a race for Governor of New Jersey. Mitchell grew up in Elizabeth and worked in the administration...
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New Jersey Liked Ike, But Warren Harding Set The Record

February 17, 2025   12:11 amFebruary 16, 2025   3:58 pm
New Jersey loved Warren Harding. In the 1920 presidential election, Harding won 68% of the vote in New Jersey.  He won all 21 counties, and the GOP won 59 of the state’s 60 State Assembly seats. Calvin Coolidge took 62%...
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