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​History-- 9/11 and McGreevey Administration


*  Native Americans  *  Exploration and Settlement  *  British colony
*  Royal governance  *  Path to Revolution  *  Revolutionary War
*  Industrialization  *  Civil War  *  Post-War Economy & Reform
*  Woodrow Wilson as Governor  *  World War I & 1920s  *  Great Depression
*  World War II  *  Post-War Development  *  1960s & Richard Hughes
*  1970s & Income tax  *  1990s-Whitman & Florio 
*  9/11 & McGreevey Administration
*  Codey & Corzine 
*  Chris Christie  *   Phil Murphy 



-- Resignation of Governor Whitman
      
       Governor Christine Todd Whitman resigned as governor in January 2001, the final year of her second term, to join the George W. Bush administration as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. She was succeeded as governor by Senate President Donald DiFrancesco, who under the state constitutional provision at that time took office as acting governor while also concurrently serving as Senate president. DiFrancesco intended to stand for election in 2001, but after a series of adverse reports of his business and legal activities withdrew from the race, endorsing Congressman Robert Franks to replace him as the nominee. But Franks lost the June Republican primary to conservative Bret Schundler, the mayor of Jersey City, who was nominated to oppose Democrat James McGreevey, the mayor of Woodbridge, in the November election. McGreevey had lost a surprisingly close race four years before when he was defeated by a 47% to 46% margin when Governor Whitman ran for re-election.      
PictureUnited Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center complex during the September 11 attacks. Image: TheMachineStops (Robert J. Fisch) derivative work: upstateNYer Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0

-- 9/11   
      
As the gubernatorial campaign was in its early stages, on September 11, 2001, 1,681 New Jersey residents were killed of the total of 2,977 victims who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the hijacking of United Flight 93 which took off from Newark Liberty International Airport on route to San Francisco but crashed in southwest Pennsylvania. With 37 residents killed, Middletown Township had the highest per capita loss, but Hoboken and Basking Ridge also lost several residents. In the hours after the attack on the World Trade Center, many of those injured or evacuated were transported by boat to the New Jersey side of the Hudson River.


PictureFormer Governor Thomas Kean presents President Bush with report of 9/11 commission on terrorist attacks. Image: Newscom
     In the weeks after the attack, former Governor Whitman, in her role as the Administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, oversaw the EPA's controversial findings that the air quality in lower Manhattan in the wake of the destruction of the World Trade Center did not pose a significant health risk to those working to recover bodies or to nearby residents.

       Over a year later, on December 15, 2002, President Bush appointed former Governor Thomas H. Kean to chair the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, soon commonly called the 9/11 Commission. The Commission issued its report on July 22, 2004, providing background on  the attacks and recommending changes in government organization and programs to improve preparedness on future terrorist threats.   


*  Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) 
*  Remembering September 11, 2001, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

-- Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

        The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, led to the Bush Administration launching military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. As in past conflicts since World War I, Fort Dix served as a primary support base for training, along with the use of planes at McGuire Air Force Base to transport troops to and from their overseas deployments. The assaults also relied to a significant extent on activation of units of the National Guard, including those based in New Jersey. In 2007, six men were indicted and later convicted in federal court in Camden on charges that they intended to attack the Fort Dix military base and kill as many servicemen as they could.


-- Election of Jim McGreevey
      
       The 9/11 attacks and their aftermath overshadowed the campaign for the New Jersey gubernatorial election in November 2001, which was won comfortably by Mayor McGreevey with 56% of the vote. After his inauguration, McGreevey signed legislation to increase taxes on cigarettes; raise income tax rates for higher-income taxpayers; create a state commission to regulate land-use in the Highlands in the northwest region of the state; and authorize domestic partnerships for same-sex couples. His administration was subject, however, to reports of ethical issues tied to close staff and major fundraisers. 


-- "I am a gay American" 
       
       On August 12, 2004, in a nationally televised press conference with his wife at his side, the Governor announced that "I am a gay American"; disclosed that he had conducted an affair with Golan Cipel, an Israeli whom he had appointed as the state's homeland security coordinator; and that he would resign effective the following November 15. The delay allowed the Democratic Party to avoid the holding of a special election to fill the vacancy created by his resignation, and Senator Richard Codey, the Democratic Senate president, took office as acting governor following the November 15 effective date of McGreevey's resignation, serving through the remainder of McGreevey's term into January 2006.

*  Twin Towers: The Life of New York City's World Trade Center by Angus K. Gillespie (1999)
*  The Confession by James E. McGreevey (2007)

Next-- Corzine and Christie



*  Native Americans  *  Exploration and Settlement  *  British colony
*  Royal governance  *  Path to Revolution  *  Revolutionary War
*  Industrialization  *  Civil War  *  Post-War Economy & Reform
*  Woodrow Wilson as Governor  *  World War I & 1920s  *  Great Depression
*  World War II  *  Post-War Development  *  1960s & Richard Hughes
*  1970s & Income tax  *  1990s-Whitman & Florio  *  9/11 & McGreevey Administration
*  Codey & Corzine 
*  Chris Christie 
* Phil Murphy