Irwin Kimmelman Archives

Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 18, 2021 12:13 amJanuary 17, 2021 11:30 pm

Hutchins Inge (1900-2002) was the first Black 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 for...

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

September 7, 2020 12:05 amSeptember 6, 2020 12:23 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...

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...

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...

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...