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Veterans: Two N.J. Congressmen Who Placed Patriotism Above Politics

November 11, 2025 12:03 amNovember 11, 2025 9:42 am

Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...

Veterans in New Jersey Politics

November 11, 2025 12:02 amNovember 10, 2025 9:04 pm

When Mikie Sherrill takes office in January, eighteen of New Jersey’s 57 governors will have served in the U.S. military. The last was Jon Corzine, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1969 to 1975. The first governor...

Labor Leader: Vincent J. Murphy was NJ AFL-CIO president, two-term Mayor of Newark

September 1, 2025 12:14 amAugust 31, 2025 11:18 pm

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey’s history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New Jersey AFL-CIO after serving two terms as Mayor of Newark. He was the Democratic...

Labor Leader: Joe Fay was elected Local 825 leader for life

September 1, 2025 12:12 amAugust 31, 2025 11:13 pm

Joseph S. Fay (1892-1972) spent decades as one of New Jersey’s most politically influential labor leaders, but a scandal that landed him in prison also changed the outcome of a race for governor of New Jersey. Fay was the business...

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

September 1, 2025 12:11 amAugust 31, 2025 5:42 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...

Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 1, 2025 12:10 amAugust 31, 2025 5:39 pm

One of the notable New Jersey conflicts of the 1970s was the rivalry between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic...

Labor Leader: Louis Marciante headed the NJ AFL for 27 years

September 1, 2025 12:04 amAugust 31, 2025 4:23 pm

Louis P. Marciante (1898-1961) was the president of the New Jersey American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1934 until his death from a heart attack at age 62 amidst a stressful merger between the AFL and the Congress of Industrial...