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101 years ago today, New Jersey ratified the 19th amendment

February 9, 2021 12:01 amFebruary 8, 2021 9:23 pm

101 years ago today, New Jersey became the 29th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. The New Jersey Senate passed a resolution to ratify the amendment on February 3, 1920 by a vote of...

100 years ago today, New Jersey ratified the 19th amendment

February 9, 2020 12:55 amFebruary 9, 2020 3:43 pm

One Hundred years ago today, New Jersey became the 29th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. The New Jersey Senate passed a resolution to ratify the amendment on February 3, 1920 by a vote...

Never, ever cross Frank Hague

December 22, 2018 3:30 pmDecember 22, 2018 3:31 pm

Fights among Democrats are part of New Jersey political history. In 1916, a young rising star in Jersey City politics named Frank Hague traveled to St. Louis to watch Woodrow Wilson get renominated at the Democratic National Convention. The Democratic...