Col. John Kean, the great-great-grandfather of Rep. Thomas H. Kean, Jr., was among the founders of the New Jersey Republican ...

For some time, presidential primaries in New Jersey were nothing more than beauty contests where the preferred candidate of a ...

Democrats never really had a candidate to run against Abraham Lincoln in 1860, but they still managed to get three electoral ...

Democrat Woodrow Wilson remains the only New Jerseyan to win the presidency, but the former governor of New Jersey only ...

Franklin Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, and Frank Lautenberg hold the record for the most appearances on a New Jersey general ...

The only president born in New Jersey was Grover Cleveland, whose bid for the White House came after he had been elected ...

An obscure New Jerseyan named William Dayton nearly knocked Abraham Lincoln out of his place in history. Dayton was elected ...

Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in ...

Gov. Phil Murphy was the first governor to stay out of the presidential race in 28 years, leaving Democratic county chairs — ...

New Jersey loved Warren Harding. In the 1920 presidential election, Harding won 68% of the vote in New Jersey.  He won all 21 ...

Abraham Lincoln won four electoral votes in New Jersey in 1860, with three electors pledged to a fusion ticket that would ...

When George Bush endorsed Bob Dole for president in 1988, it made national headlines. One of the many oddities of 1980’s New ...