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Hudson has had nine Assembly Speakers since its last Senate President

August 18, 2026 12:35 pm

Hudson County has produced nine Assembly Speakers over the last 113 years — or ten, depending on whether Maurice Brady (D-Bayonne), who held the post twice, gets counted twice — but just one Senate President in the history of the...

Labor Leader: Lewis Bryant was the first N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 5, 2022 12:00 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:32 pm

Lewis T. Bryant was New Jersey’s first Commissioner of Labor. After the New Jersey Legislature created the Department of Labor in 1904 – the predecessor position was Inspector of Factories and Workshops — Gov. Franklin Murphy nominated Bryant to fill...

Is Murphy really New Jersey’s 56th governor? We have no color on that

February 7, 2022 12:34 amFebruary 7, 2022 2:06 am

If the State Senate confirms Matt Platkin as the Attorney General of New Jersey, he’ll either be the 62nd person to hold the post — or the 56th. That depends on who is right, Gov. Phil Murphy or the New...

Labor Leader: Lewis Bryant was the first N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 6, 2021 12:09 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:03 pm

Lewis T. Bryant was New Jersey’s first Commissioner of Labor. After the New Jersey Legislature created the Department of Labor in 1904 – the predecessor position was Inspector of Factories and Workshops — Gov. Franklin Murphy nominated Bryant to fill...

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...