Peter Frelinghuysen Archives - New Jersey Globe

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 5, 2022 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:49 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

Veterans: Frelinghuysen, Kean and Malinowski families

May 30, 2022 12:07 amMay 29, 2022 6:33 pm

When you trace the roots of the Frelinghuysen family back to the American Revolution, you can start with Frederick Frelinghuysen, who was the very model of a modern Major-General. Frelinghuysen was a colonel in the Continental Army before his election...

Veterans Day: Frelinghuysen and Kean families

November 11, 2021 12:05 amNovember 10, 2021 7:56 pm

When you trace the roots of the Frelinghuysen family back to the American Revolution, you can start with Frederick Frelinghuysen, who was the very model of a modern Major-General. Frelinghuysen was a colonel in the Continental Army before his election...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 6, 2021 12:07 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:48 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

Donald Rumsfeld’s New Jersey connection

June 30, 2021 6:04 pmJune 30, 2021 6:09 pm

Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense who died today at age 88, played a key role in torpedoing New Jersey Rep. Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen’s bid for House Minority Whip in 1966. The same campaign put Gerald R. Ford...

Veterans: Frelinghuysen and Kean families

May 31, 2021 12:01 amMay 31, 2021 11:05 pm

When you trace the roots of the Frelinghuysen family back to the American Revolution, you can start with Frederick Frelinghuysen, who was the very model of a modern Major-General. Frelinghuysen was a colonel in the Continental Army before his election...

Van Drew votes against ERA ratification extension after supporting, co-sponsoring it last year

March 17, 2021 9:08 pmMarch 18, 2021 1:14 am

Thirteen months after voting to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment – a measure he co-sponsored — Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted against it today. Van Drew was one of five Republicans to support the measure...