Events

This program will focus on the history of U.S. Presidential elections and how New Jersey voted. Emphasis will be on all elections from 1912 to the present discussing the candidates, the issues, the campaigns, and the results. Profiles of New Jersey candidates will be provided, including NJ Governor George McClellan (1864), Vice President Garret Hobart (1896), and NJ Governor Woodrow Wilson (1912). Presenter Brian Armstrong was a Political Science major from American University in Washington, DC, and is a
collector of U.S. presidential election memorabilia and will bring some of his favorite campaign buttons and other items to the presentation. Sponsored by friends of June Fischer, in loving memory of June.

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