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Tag: William Dayton

How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 16, 2026   12:04 amFebruary 15, 2026   8:03 pm
An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837 and then became an associate justice...
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How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 17, 2025   12:03 amFebruary 16, 2025   3:38 pm
An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837 and then became an associate justice...
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How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 19, 2024   12:03 amFebruary 18, 2024   11:04 pm
An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837, and then became an associate justice...
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How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 20, 2023   12:03 amFebruary 19, 2023   11:58 pm
An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837, and then became an associate justice...
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How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 21, 2022   12:02 amFebruary 20, 2022   5:06 pm
An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837, and then became an associate justice...
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Ties between Kean, Malinowski families goes back to Lincoln administration

July 8, 2021   9:42 amJuly 8, 2021   3:21 pm
The relationship between the Kean and Malinowski families goes back to the Civil War when two clans were both political allies of Abraham Lincoln. Col. John Kean, the great-great-grandfather of Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean, Jr., was among the founders...
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How a Jersey guy beat Lincoln for vice president

February 15, 2021   12:03 amFebruary 13, 2021   6:20 pm
An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected to the New Jersey Legislature as a member of the Whig Party in 1837, and then became an associate justice...
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