Edward Kenney Archives - New Jersey Globe

Veterans: Two N.J. Congressmen Who Placed Patriotism Above Politics

November 11, 2025 12:03 amNovember 11, 2025 9:42 am

Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...

The time a congressman was killed on the Chamber Trip

February 6, 2025 9:04 am

Just one bit of advice for the nearly one thousand New Jerseyans who will travel by train to Washington today: watch out for those French door balconies. For more than 80 years, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Walk to...

An exclusive N.J. club: 11 who came within 1,000 votes of winning a congressional seat

May 10, 2024 6:51 amMay 10, 2024 1:37 pm

One of the most exclusive clubs in New Jersey politics belongs to the group of eleven men who over the last 100 years came within 1,000 votes of winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives: John McCloskey, Edward O’Neill,...

Chamber cancels 2022 Walk to Washington train trip

October 28, 2021 1:50 pmOctober 28, 2021 2:09 pm

The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce has cancelled its 2022 Walk to Washington train trip and congressional dinner but hopes to relaunch the 83-year-old tradition in 2023. According to a report from ROI-NJ, the organization will instead hold a two-day...