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Tag: Franklin Roosevelt

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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How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 16, 2026   12:04 amFebruary 15, 2026   8:03 pm
An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837 and then became an associate justice...
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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 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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How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 17, 2025   12:03 amFebruary 16, 2025   3:38 pm
An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837 and then became an associate justice...
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N.J. Presidential Trivia

February 17, 2025   12:00 amFebruary 17, 2025   4:13 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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The Baraka Plan Reimagined: How N.J. Governor’s races played out in even years

December 15, 2024   3:16 pmDecember 16, 2024   12:46 pm
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka has proposed eliminating odd-year elections, which the modern-day founding fathers opposed explicitly at the 1947 State Constitutional Convention. The idea at the time was to keep elections for governor and the legislature focused on state...
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