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Representative | Republican | PENNINGTON, WILLIAM, (cousin of Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., May 4, 1796; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Princeton College in 1813; clerk of the United States district court 1815-1826; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Newark in… Continue reading William Pennington

Representative | Democrat | NORTON, MARY TERESA, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., March 7, 1875; attended parochial schools and the Jersey City High School; was graduated from Packard Business College, New York City, in 1896; president of the Queen’s Daughters’ Day Nursery Association of Jersey City 1916-1927; appointed to represent… Continue reading Mary Norton

Representative | Federalist | DAYTON, JONATHAN, (son of Elias Dayton), a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from New Jersey; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., October 16, 1760; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1776; studied law; admitted to the bar; during the Revolutionary War served in the Third… Continue reading Jonathan Dayton

Representative | Democrat | RODINO, PETER WALLACE, JR., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 7, 1909; attended the McKinley Grammar School and Barringer High School; graduated from the University of Newark and from the New Jersey Law School in 1937; was admitted to the bar in 1938; lawyer, private… Continue reading Peter Rodino

Senator | Democrat-Republican | DICKERSON, MAHLON, (Brother of Philemon Dickerson), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Hanover, N.J., April 17, 1770; educated by private tutors and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1789; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1793; during the Whiskey Rebellion served as a private… Continue reading Mahlon Dickerson

Senator | Republican | EDGE, WALTER EVANS, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 20, 1873; moved with his parents to Pleasantville, N.J., in 1877; attended the public schools; employed in a printing office in Atlantic City, N.J., 1890-1894; newspaper owner and publisher; journal clerk of the State senate 1897-1899; during the… Continue reading Walter Edge

Lt. Governor | Republican | Kim Guadagno on Wikipedia Kim Guadagno on OurCampaigns.com

Governor | Democrat | Woodrow Wilson on Wikipedia Woodrow Wilson on OurCampaigns.com