Category: New Jersey

Admin. of EPA | Republican | WHITMAN, CHRISTINE TODD was the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey, serving as its first woman governor from 1994 until 2001. Governor Whitman served in the cabinet of President George W. Bush as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January of 2001 until June of 2003.… Continue reading Christine Todd Whitman

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

Sec. of Navy | Whig | SOUTHARD, Samuel Lewis, (Son of Henry Southard and brother of Isaac Southard), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, N.J., June 9, 1787; attended the village school; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton College) in 1804; engaged as tutor by a family… Continue reading Samuel Southard