Nelson Stamler Archives - New Jersey Globe

George Woody, first Black county chairman in N.J., dies at 95

June 4, 2022 2:08 pmJune 5, 2022 12:37 am

George G. Woody, Jr., a former Republican councilman in Roselle who later switched parties to become New Jersey’s first Black county chairman, died on May 20. He was 95. Woody became the first Black to win a seat on the...

Onetime N.J. GOP leader dies of Covid after being exposed to someone who refused vaccination

August 4, 2021 8:29 amAugust 4, 2021 8:54 am

Clark R. Allen, the founder of the Clinton First Aid and Rescue Squad and a major player in New Jersey Republican politics in the 1960s, died of complications related to COVID-19 after exposure to someone who declined to be vaccinated....

Trailblazer: Mildred Barry Hughes

February 9, 2021 12:10 amFebruary 7, 2021 8:21 pm

Mildred Barry Hughes (1902-1995) was the first woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. She was elected in 1965, 45 years after women won the right to vote. Hughes, a Union Township Democrat, was elected to the State...

Eugene Deutsch, Cahill administration official, dies at 90

August 3, 2019 3:13 pm

Eugene F. Deutsch, a major player in Union County politics in the 1960s and 1970s, died on August 1. He was 90. Deutsch started out in politics in 1959 when Assemblyman-elect Nelson Stamler (R-Elizabeth) named him as his legislative aide. ...