George McClellan Archives - New Jersey Globe

Veteran: George B. McClellan

May 30, 2022 12:03 amMay 29, 2022 6:10 pm

Orange resident George B. McClellan served as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Civil War and later served one term as the Governor of New Jersey. He carried New Jersey as the Democratic nominee for president when...

Veterans: 17 New Jersey governors

May 30, 2022 12:01 amMay 30, 2022 11:09 pm

Seventeen of New Jersey’s 56 governors have served in the U.S. military. The last was Jon Corzine, who was in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1969 to 1975. The first governor of New Jersey, William Livingston, was a Brigadier...

Veteran: Charles Haight

May 30, 2022 12:00 amMay 29, 2022 6:39 pm

Charles Haight (D-Colts Neck) was serving as Assembly Speaker in 1861 when he was commissioned as a brigadier general of the New Jersey Militia. He held the speakership in 1862, even though he would spend the next 2 ½ years...

Veterans Day : 17 New Jersey governors

November 11, 2021 12:04 amNovember 10, 2021 7:53 pm

Seventeen of New Jersey’s 56 governors have served in the U.S. military. The last was Jon Corzine, who was in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1969 to 1975. The first governor of New Jersey, William Livingston, was a Brigadier...

Veteran: George B. McClellan

May 31, 2021 12:03 amMay 31, 2021 11:05 pm

Orange resident George B. McClellan served as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army during the Civil War and later served one term as the Governor of New Jersey. He carried New Jersey as the Democratic nominee for president when...

Veterans: 17 New Jersey governors

May 31, 2021 12:02 amMay 31, 2021 11:05 pm

Seventeen of New Jersey’s 56 governors have served in the U.S. military. The last was Jon Corzine, who was in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1969 to 1975. The first governor of New Jersey, William Livingston, was a Brigadier...

Veteran: Charles Haight

May 31, 2021 12:01 amMay 30, 2021 10:56 pm

Charles Haight (D-Colts Neck) was serving as Assembly Speaker in 1861 when he was commissioned as a brigadier general of the New Jersey Militia. He held the speakership in 1862, even though he would spend the next 2 ½ years...