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Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 20, 2020 12:57 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:49 am

Hutchins Inge (1900-2002) was the first African American to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. A Newark physician, Inge was elected to the Senate in 1965, unseated Republican Senate Minority Leader C. Robert Sarcone by 7,144 votes. The opportunity...

C. Robert Sarcone, former senator and gubernatorial candidate, dies at 94

January 13, 2020 6:30 pmJune 2, 2020 12:21 pm

Former State Sen. C. Robert Sarcone (R-Newark), the former Minority Leader of the New Jersey State Assembly and a candidate for the GOP nomination for Governor in 1977, died on January 12. He was 94. A talented trial lawyer and...

Calvin West cemetery full of powerful Essex politicians

December 8, 2019 3:21 pm

Calvin West is all politics, even in death. The legendary political figure who died this week at age 87, will be buried on Monday at the Fairmount Cemetery in Newark, the final resting place of some prominent New Jersey political...

Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 2, 2019 1:05 amSeptember 2, 2019 1:06 am

John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...

Fourteen New Jersey trailblazers

January 21, 2019 9:25 amJanuary 22, 2019 9:57 am

For New Jersey Globe readers who enjoy political history, here’s our partial list of African American trailblazers who helped open the door to new opportunities in New Jersey government and politics. https://newjerseyglobe.com/trailblazer/trailblazer-walter-gilbert-alexander/ https://newjerseyglobe.com/section-2/trailblazer-senator-wynona-lipman/ https://newjerseyglobe.com/section-2/trailblazer-speaker-s-howard-woodson/ https://newjerseyglobe.com/trailblazer/trailblazer-congressman-donald-payne-sr/ https://newjerseyglobe.com/trailblazer/trailblazer-assemblywoman-madaline-williams/ https://newjerseyglobe.com/trailblazer/trailblazer-senator-hutchins-inge/ https://newjerseyglobe.com/trailblazer/trailblazer-mayor-kenneth-gibson/ https://newjerseyglobe.com/trailblazer/trailblazer-horace-bryant-sr/...

Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 21, 2019 12:10 amJanuary 20, 2019 8:49 pm

Hutchins Inge (1900-2002) was the first African American to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. A Newark physician, Inge was elected to the Senate in 1965, unseated Republican Senate Minority Leader C. Robert Sarcone by 7,144 votes. The opportunity...

The Trailblazers from Essex County

January 15, 2018 1:18 am

Before Sheila Oliver takes the oath of office as the first black Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey tomorrow, she will attend an inaugural prayer service at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton. That’s a fitting tribute to the late Rev....