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Democratic Congressmen shown on visit to new Democratic presidential nominee Woodrow Wilson at official Governor's summer residence in Sea Girt on July 20, 1912 (Wilson seated slightly to left center). Image: Library of Congress  

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The Concessions and Agreements of 1677, signed by William Penn and 150 others, mostly Quakers, established organization and civil liberties of settlers in Province of West Jersey. Image: NJ State Archives

Proprietary House in Perth Amboy, official residence of last Royal Governor William Franklin, the illegitimate son of Benjamin Franklin, who in January 1776 was placed under house arrest at the House and later tried and convicted of treason. He was subsequently freed in a prisoner exchange, playing an active role in British efforts to defeat the Colonial army, then leaving for England after the War. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

1964 Democratic National Convention held in then Convention Hall in Atlantic City which nominated Lyndon B. Johnson for president and Hubert H. Humphrey for vice president. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Invitation to October 25, 1907, campaign event for Republican gubernatorial candidate John Franklin Fort, who was elected as the 33rd governor and served from 1908 to 1911. His uncle, George Franklin Fort, was a Democratic governor from 1851 to 1854. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Poster of newly-formed Republican Party 1856 election nominees of John C. Frémont of California for president and William Lewis Dayton of New Jersey for vice president. Dayton won the vice presidential nomination over Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. Dayton was active first in the Whig Party, serving as US Senator from New Jersey from 1842 to 1861, and later became one of the founders of the Republican Party. The Republicans lost to the Democratic ticket of James Buchanan and John Breckinridge. Dayton was later New Jersey Attorney General and appointed by Lincoln during the Civil War as Minister to France. Image: Library of Congress

Walter Edge (1873-1956), Governor from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, serving during both World War I and World War II, and founder of The Press of Atlantic City. Image: NJ State Archives

Demonstration during 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City against seating of Mississippi delegates challenged by alternative slate of African American and white progressives. Image: Library of Congress

William Livingston (1723-1790), first governor of state of New Jersey, elected 1776 and successively to single-year terms by legislature until dying in office in 1790. Image: Wikimedia Commons/National Park Service

State House dome, which was restored through a "Dimes for the Dome" fundraising program launched in 1996 in New Jersey schools. The restoration was completed in 1999, with 48,000 pieces of gold leaf. The State House is currently planned to undergo a $300 million renovation approved in April 2017. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Former President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) shown with son and dog in driveway of home he purchased in Princeton after completing his second term in 1897. Image: Library of Congress

Former president Theodore Roosevelt campaigns in New Jersey on September 3, 1912, as the nominee of the Progressive Party in the 1912 presidential election won by Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Image: Library of Congress

Poster promoting "The Pageant of the Paterson Strike" at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan to raise funds for support of striking factory workers in 1913. Image: Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University

Letter of Governor Woodrow Wilson resigning office effective as of March 1, 1913, prior to his inauguration as president on March 4, 1913. Image: NJ State Archives

Strikers shown in Bayonne throwing rocks at security forces hired by Standard Oil of New Jersey and Tidewater Petroleum refineries on Constable Hook. The strikes began in mid-July 1915, ended after two weks when wage and hour concessions were offered, but broke out again at Standard Oil in October of the following year. Image: Library of Congress

Cartoon print satirizing the New Jersey gubernatorial campaign of 1844, which focused on the issue of the potential extension of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. Whig candidate Charles C. Stratton opposed the railroad interests of the state, and was elected over Democratic nominee John R. Thomson, a stockholder in the railroad. Image: Library of Congress

Delegates shown on floor of Atlantic City Convention Hall in front of 'New Jersey' delegation sign during 1964 Democratic National Convention. Image: Library of Congress/US News & World Report

Cartoon depicting William 'Boss' Tweed, head of corrupt Democratic Tammany Hall political organization in New York City drawn by Thomas Nast. Nast, who relocated his family from Manhattan to Morristown, was known for his original cartoons of images published by Harper's Weekly and other periodicals of Republican elephants, Democratic donkey, Santa Claus and others. Image: Wikimedia Commons / Harper & Brothers

Suffrage activists hang poster on Long Branch boardwalk promoting event featuring Anna Howard Shaw circa 1915(?). Image: Library of Congress

Lithograph depicting duel fought between Aaron Burr, the sitting Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the former Secretary of the Treasury, at Weehawken on July 11, 1804. Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton, who was taken by boat to Manhattan, where he died on the next day. Image: TopTenz.net

'Rules to be Observed in the House of Assembly' dated July 26, 1772 for NJ Provincial Assembly. Image: NJ State Archives

Original State House in Trenton shown in 1792. After a major fire in 1885, the structure was largely rebuilt in 1905. Image: New Jersey State Legislature

Frank Hague (1876- 1956) served as mayor of Jersey City from 1917 to 1947, Democratic National Committeeman from New Jersey from 1922 until 1949, and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1924 until 1949. Known as one of the most powerful political bosses in the nation, he reportedly was worth some $10 million at his death, his annual City salary never exceeded $8,500. the only known legitimate source of his income. Image: Library of Congress

Damage on Jersey City pier in aftermath of "Black Tom" explosion on July 20, 1916, alleged to be an act of sabotage on American ammunition supplies by German agents. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Drumthwacket, official Governor's Residence of New Jersey in Princeton. The home, built in 1835 by Charles Smith Olden, who later became the 28th Governor of New Jersey, was designated as the official residence in 1982, succeeding the nearby pre-Revolutionary home of Morven, which served as the residence from 1953 until 1982. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Enoch 'Nucky' Johnson, boss of Atlantic County Republican organization from the 1910s until his conviction and imprisonment in 1941. His life was profiled in the book 'Boardwalk Empire,' with the subsequent popular HBO series loosely adapting a chapter of the book featuring its principal fictional character 'Nucky Thompson.' Image: Wikimedia Commons

New Jersey's first constitution, hurriedly drafted in 1776, provided that "all inhabitants" were able to vote, thus allowing women suffrage. This drawing published in 1864 titled "Women Voting in New Jersey Towards the Close of the Last Century.” Women later lost the vote, partly as a result of an election in 1807 to determine the site of a new court house to be located in either Newark or Elizabethtown in which opponents claimed there was an unusually large female turnout--with some women alleged to have voted multiple times dressed in different clothing. Subsequent legislation restricted the vote to free white males. Image: Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 12, 1864

Currier & Ives lithograph of "Washington's Reception by the Ladies, On Passing the Bridge at Trenton, N.J., April 1789" published in 1845 depicting Washinton entering Trenton under specially-constructed arch on his way to be inaugurated in New York as first US president. Image: Library of Congress

Women's suffrage activists in Washington DC showing sign protesting President Woodrow Wilson's opposition to a potential amendment to US Constitution granting the vote to women, a position he later reversed. Image: National Archives

Drawing depicting NJ Governor Woodrow Wilson captioned 'It takes grit to remove grime' published in Harper's Weekly November 11, 1911, about a year after his election in November 1910. Image: Library of Congress

Mass meeting of strikers during Paterson Silk Strike of 1913 to hear speeches by strike leaders from balcony at Botto House in Haledon. Image: American Labor Museum

Governor's private office in State House during 1970s. Image: NJ State Archives

Election night on November 8, 1977, victory party of Governor Brendan Byrne with (to left) wife Jean and son Tom, daughter Susan and son Bill. Image: Rutgers University Libraries

Rally in Sea Girt with a crowd estimated at some 100,000 to hear Franklin D. Roosevelt launch his presidential campaign on August 27, 1932. The rally, which was held on the grounds of the National Guard training center, was organized by Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague, who had previously supported former New York Governor Al Smith for the Democratic nomination over Roosevelt, but used the rally to demonstrate his political skills to Roosevelt. Hague served as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee from 1924 to 1949. Image: National Archives

Joint legislative session of NJ Senate and General Assembly to hear Governor Christie speak in 2010. Image: State of NJ/ Office of Governor Tim Larsen

Former Governor Thomas H. Kean, co-chair of commission created to investigate 9/11/2001 terrorism attacks, presents report of commission to President George W. Bush at White House on July 22, 2004. Image: White House

Poster protesting potential expansion of Camden & Amboy Railroad into Philadelphia. During the 19th century, the Camden & Amboy was known for its influence, often corrupt, in NJ elections and politics. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Crowd in front of President Woodrow Wilson as he is officially notified on September 2, 1916, that the Democratic Party has nominated him for re-election to the presidency in the 1916 election. The event took place at Shadow Lawn, the "summer White House" near Long Branch. Image: Library of Congress

The Indian King Tavern in Haddonfield, where in 1777 New Jersey General Assembly and Council met while British troops threatened the capital at Trenton. The Council and General Assembly formally read into the meeting the minutes the Declaration of Independence approved in Philadelphia in the previous year by the Continental Congress and enacted the law that formally accepted its terms. Image: Wikimedia Commons

President Obama and Governor Christie meet in Brigantine with residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. Image: Wikimedia Commons/White House

Videos

Governor Chris Christie announces candidacy for Republican presidential nomination at Livingston High School on June 30, 2015

​1977 Brendan Byrne re-election campaign video defending record, including enactment of income tax, Source: Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University

​The Progressive Banner / Frank Hague Source: New Jersey Legacy: NJN/NJ Historical Commission

Boss of the Boardwalk: Nucky Johnson
Source: Press of Atlantic City

​The 1967 Newark Riots
​​Source: NJ.com

Governor James McGreevey announces resignation on August 12, 20014: ''My truth is that I am a gay American''

​Woodrow Wilson Biography, History.com

​WNYC Radio broadcast, June 2, 2016: "Trump, Self-Proclaimed Outsider, Was New Jersey Insider"

​Coverage of the visit of Senator Joseph McCarthy and his Committee investigating Communist influence in the Army at Fort Monmouth, April 29. 1954

​Breaking the ABSCAM Story: Source: NBC Universal

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