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Hudson has had nine Assembly Speakers since its last Senate President

August 18, 2026 12:35 pm

Hudson County has produced nine Assembly Speakers over the last 113 years — or ten, depending on whether Maurice Brady (D-Bayonne), who held the post twice, gets counted twice — but just one Senate President in the history of the...

Labor Leader: Lewis Bryant was the first N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 5, 2022 12:00 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:32 pm

Lewis T. Bryant was New Jersey’s first Commissioner of Labor. After the New Jersey Legislature created the Department of Labor in 1904 – the predecessor position was Inspector of Factories and Workshops — Gov. Franklin Murphy nominated Bryant to fill...

Labor Leader: Lewis Bryant was the first N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 6, 2021 12:09 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:03 pm

Lewis T. Bryant was New Jersey’s first Commissioner of Labor. After the New Jersey Legislature created the Department of Labor in 1904 – the predecessor position was Inspector of Factories and Workshops — Gov. Franklin Murphy nominated Bryant to fill...