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Tag: George Washington

Veterans: Frelinghuysen and Kean families

November 11, 2020   12:02 amNovember 11, 2020   1:03 pm
When you trace the roots of the Frelinghuysen family back to the American Revolution, you can start with Frederick Frelinghuysen, who was the very model of a modern Major-General. Frelinghuysen was a colonel in the Continental Army before his election...
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Veterans: Frelinghuysen and Kean families

May 25, 2020   12:10 amNovember 11, 2020   1:17 pm
When you trace the roots of the Frelinghuysen family back to the American Revolution, you can start with Frederick Frelinghuysen, who was the very model of a modern Major-General. Frelinghuysen was a colonel in the Continental Army before his election...
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Trump names GOP donor as postmaster general. Could that mean the return of local postmasters as congressional picks?

May 8, 2020   1:50 pmJuly 21, 2020   10:39 am
President Donald Trump named a top Republican contributor as the new Postmaster General, returning the post to a political appointee for the first time in 48 years. Post offices were once the ultimate patronage pits for political organizations, some of...
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George Washington carried New Jersey

February 17, 2020   12:01 amFebruary 16, 2020   6:40 pm
New Jersey backed George Washington twice. Washington received all six of the state’s electoral votes in 1789.  New Jersey gave six of their votes for vice president to John Jay and one to the winner, John Adams. There was no...
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Booker at 2% in Monmouth Poll

December 10, 2019   11:00 amDecember 10, 2019   2:00 pm
Cory Booker is at 2% in a national Monmouth University poll, half of where he would need to be to qualify for the December Democratic presidential debate. Joe Biden leads Bernie Sanders, 26%-21%, with Elizabeth Warren in third place with...
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New Jersey’s Declaration of Independence signers were not professional politicians

July 4, 2019   2:29 pmJuly 8, 2019   3:50 pm
Just one of the five New Jerseyans who signed the Declaration of Independence went on to run for public office. Abraham Clark was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving in the Second and Third Congress from 1791 until...
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George Washington carried New Jersey

February 18, 2019   5:35 amFebruary 18, 2019   4:50 am
New Jersey backed George Washington twice. Washington received all six of the state’s electoral votes in 1789.  New Jersey gave six of their votes for vice president to John Jay and one to the winner, John Adams. There was no...
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