Robert Sarcone Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 19, 2026 12:04 amJanuary 18, 2026 8:57 pm

George C. Richardson (1931-2021) was a maverick civil rights leader who served four terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s. Richardson had sought to become the first Black to serve in the New Jersey Senate...

Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 1, 2025 12:06 amAugust 31, 2025 4:36 pm

John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...

Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 20, 2025 12:31 amJanuary 19, 2025 9:32 pm

George C. Richardson (1931-2021) was a maverick civil rights leader who served four terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s. Richardson had sought to become the first Black to serve in the New Jersey Senate...

Trailblazer: Senator Hutchins Inge

January 20, 2025 12:20 amJanuary 19, 2025 9:18 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...

Labor Leader: John J. Giblin served as State Senator, Essex County Freeholder

September 2, 2024 12:02 amSeptember 2, 2024 12:19 am

John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national union, Essex County Freeholder and State Senator. Giblin was the patriarch...

Trailblazer: Assemblyman George Richardson

January 15, 2024 12:21 amJanuary 14, 2024 9:52 pm

George C. Richardson (1931-2021) was a maverick civil rights leader who served four terms in the New Jersey State Assembly in the 1960s and 1970s. Richardson had sought to become the first Black to serve in the New Jersey Senate...