Three New Jersey insiders you’ve probably never heard of
Joseph Tumulty was probably the most powerful political insider in New Jersey history, serving as Woodrow Wilson’s chief of staff through his two years as governor and eight years as president. The scion of a politically active Jersey City family – his father was an assemblyman in the 1880’s – Tumulty was 28 when he was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly, the top vote-getter among twelve Democrats elected
