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Grover Cleveland won New Jersey three times

February 19, 2024 12:08 amFebruary 18, 2024 10:58 pm

The only president born in New Jersey was Grover Cleveland, whose bid for the White House came after he had been elected mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York. Born in Caldwell, Cleveland remains the only Essex County native...

Wilson helped New Jersey Democrats sweep in 1912, then lost the state in 1916

February 20, 2023 12:10 amFebruary 20, 2023 12:03 am

Democrat Woodrow Wilson remains the only New Jerseyan to win the presidency, but the former governor of New Jersey only carried New Jersey in one of his two White House bids. Wilson was elected in 1912, at the end of...

Wilson helped New Jersey Democrats sweep in 1912, then lost the state in 1916

February 21, 2022 12:07 amFebruary 19, 2022 4:09 pm

Democrat Woodrow Wilson remains the only New Jerseyan to win the presidency, but the former governor of New Jersey only carried New Jersey in one of his two White House bids. Wilson was elected in 1912, at the end of...

Trailblazer: Walter Gilbert Alexander

January 17, 2022 12:14 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:17 pm

Walter Gilbert Alexander (1880-1953), the son of former slaves, was the first Black to serve in the New Jersey State Assembly. A Republican, he was elected in 1920. Alexander was born in Virginia in 1880. He went to college at...

Wilson helped New Jersey Democrats sweep in 1912, then lost the state in 1916

February 15, 2021 12:08 amFebruary 13, 2021 6:27 pm

Democrat Woodrow Wilson remains the only New Jerseyan to win the presidency, but the former governor of New Jersey only carried New Jersey in one of his two White House bids. Wilson was elected in 1912, at the end of...

Trailblazer: Walter Gilbert Alexander

January 18, 2021 12:17 amJanuary 17, 2021 11:30 pm

Walter Gilbert Alexander (1880-1953), the son of former slaves, was the first Black to serve in the New Jersey State Assembly. A Republican, he was elected in 1920. Alexander was born in Virginia in 1880. He went to college at...

The history of Malinowski’s congressional seat

November 23, 2020 12:01 amJanuary 3, 2021 1:51 pm

The re-election of Tom Malinowski marked the third time in more than 100 years that New Jersey’s 7th district elected and re-elected a Democrat. Before Malinowski unseated five-term Rep. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton Township) in 2018, Republicans had held the 7th...