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Tag: Richard Hughes

J. Wilson Noden, judge nominated by Meyner 67 years ago, dies at 101

March 27, 2026   1:46 pmMarch 27, 2026   9:32 pm
J. Wilson Noden, a respected former family court judge who was first nominated to the bench by Gov. Robert B. Meyner in 1958 at age 34, died on February 19. He was 101. It’s possible that Noden was the earliest-serving...
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Key moment for Nixon was when 18 New Jersey Republicans bolted from Case

February 16, 2026   12:20 amFebruary 15, 2026   8:40 pm
For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey were nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a voter was deemed so unimportant that their name did not appear on the ballot. Instead, voters had to write in...
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New Jersey governors and presidential primaries

February 16, 2026   12:00 amFebruary 15, 2026   7:55 pm
Gov. Mikie Sherrill backed three candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020: first Cory Booker, then Michael Bloomberg, and finally Joe Biden. In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in...
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Trailblazer: Justice James J. Coleman

January 19, 2026   12:09 amJanuary 18, 2026   10:26 pm
James H. Coleman, J. (1933-2024), the son of a sharecropper who was forced to attend racially segregated public schools in Virginia, was the first Black to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Coleman joined the New Jersey Department of...
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Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 19, 2026   12:06 amJanuary 18, 2026   9:41 pm
Hutchins Inge (1900-2002) was the first Black to serve in the New Jersey State Senate.  A Newark physician, Inge was elected to the Senate in 1965, unseated Republican Senate Minority Leader C. Robert Sarcone by 7,144 votes. The opportunity for...
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Trailblazer: Stanley Van Ness

January 19, 2026   12:05 amJanuary 18, 2026   10:11 pm
Stanley C. Van Ness (1933-2007) became the first Black chief counsel to the Governor of New Jersey when he was named to the post by Gov. Richard J. Hughes in 1967, at age 34.  He was sworn in just at...
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Trailblazer: Commissioner Horace Bryant, Sr.

January 19, 2026   12:01 amJanuary 18, 2026   10:54 pm
Horace Bryant, Jr.  (1909-1983) was the first African American to serve in the cabinet of a New Jersey governor.  Richard J. Hughes appointed him to serve as commissioner of Banking and Insurance in 1969. Bryant had spent over 40 years...
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