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Labor Leader: George Norcross spent 16 years as South Jersey AFL-CIO president

September 6, 2021 12:08 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:41 pm

George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful Democratic powerbroker, spent his career as a labor leader. Norcross served as president of the...

New Jersey liked Ike, but Warren Harding set the record

February 15, 2021 12:10 amFebruary 13, 2021 6:27 pm

New Jersey loved Warren Harding. In the 1920 presidential election, Harding won 68% of the vote in New Jersey. He won all 21 counties, and the GOP won 59 of the state’s 60 State Assembly seats. Calvin Coolidge took 62%...

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...

Labor Leader: George Norcross spent 16 years as South Jersey AFL-CIO president

September 7, 2020 12:04 amSeptember 6, 2020 12:24 am

George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful Democratic powerbroker, spent his career as a labor leader. Norcross served as president of the...

New Jersey liked Ike, but Warren Harding set the record

February 17, 2020 12:09 amFebruary 16, 2020 6:56 pm

New Jersey loved Warren Harding. In the 1920 presidential election, Harding won 68% of the vote in New Jersey. He won all 21 counties, and the GOP won 59 of the state’s 60 State Assembly seats. Calvin Coolidge took 62%...

Trailblazer: Walter Gilbert Alexander

January 20, 2020 12:59 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:59 am

Walter Gilbert Alexander (1880-1953), the son of former slaves, was the first African American 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...

Labor Leader: George Norcross spent 16 years as South Jersey AFL-CIO president

September 2, 2019 1:04 amSeptember 1, 2019 11:58 pm

George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful Democratic powerbroker, spent his career as a labor leader. Norcross served as president of the...