Peter Frelinghuysen Archives - New Jersey Globe

Joseph Patero, former Assembly Labor Committee chairman, dies at 88

June 23, 2020 1:09 pmJune 23, 2020 3:38 pm

Joseph D. Patero, who served eight terms in the State Assembly and was the sponsor of landmark legislation to establish paid family leave in New Jersey, died on June 20 at his home in Manville. He was 88. He served...

Veterans: Frelinghuysen and Kean families

May 25, 2020 12:10 amMay 25, 2020 12:16 am

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...

Trump names GOP donor as postmaster general. Could that mean the return of local postmasters as congressional picks?

May 8, 2020 1:50 pmJuly 21, 2020 10:39 am

President Donald Trump named a top Republican contributor as the new Postmaster General, returning the post to a political appointee for the first time in 48 years. Post offices were once the ultimate patronage pits for political organizations, some of...

James Isherwood, former Livingston deputy mayor, dies at 89

March 28, 2020 11:56 amMarch 29, 2020 12:23 pm

James F. Isherwood, a former deputy mayor of Livingston and the last to serve on an all-Republican township council, passed away on Friday evening. He was 89. He was the father of Darryl Isherwood, a former reporter who currently serves...

Van Drew breaks with GOP, supports lifting of ERA ratification deadline

February 13, 2020 11:22 amFebruary 13, 2020 11:57 am

Party-switching Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) voted with House Democrats today to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, becoming just one of five Republicans to support the bill. While still a Democrat, Van Drew became a co-sponsor...

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

September 2, 2019 1:01 amSeptember 2, 2019 1:51 am

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...

Another Frelinghuysen story

August 27, 2019 4:29 pm

A contested race for House Minority Leader placed Gerald Ford on a path that landed him in the White House, but largely forgotten in that story was that Ford’s running mate, Peter Frelinghuysen (R-Harding), lost his bid for Minority Whip....