Tag: William Stubbs

William E. Stubbs (1917-2003), the Georgia-born son of a sharecropper, was the first African American to win a major party nomination for Congress in New Jersey.  He won a three-way Republican primary in New Jersey’s 11th district in 1964 but...

William E. Stubbs (1917-2003), the Georgia-born son of a sharecropper, was the first African American to win a major party nomination for Congress in New Jersey.  He won a three-way Republican primary in New Jersey’s 11th district in 1964 but...

William E. Stubbs (1917-2003), the Georgia-born son of a sharecropper, was the first African American to win a major party nomination for Congress in New Jersey.  He won a three-way Republican primary in New Jersey’s 11th district in 1964 but...