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unusual facts about New Jersey Governor



Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr.

Pennington was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Congressman Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington (1810–1867), the second cousin of New Jersey Governor and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives William Pennington (1796–1862), and the grandnephew of New Jersey Governor William Sandford Pennington (1757–1826).

Meryl Frank

Frank helped author status of women legislation for President William Clinton and New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean, in 1993 and 1989.

TD Bank Ballpark

TD Bank Ballpark was opened by former New Jersey governor, Christine Todd Whitman, and other New Jersey officials on June 7, 1999, with the Patriots defeating the Newark Bears.


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Brian M. Hughes

His father was two-term New Jersey Governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes.

Cowboys–Giants rivalry

New Jersey governor Chris Christie indicated his support of the Cowboys despite the Giants having their home field in his state.

Dickinson R. Debevoise

After 32 years on the Court, Judge Debevoise has over 60 former law clerks, including Stuart Rabner, current Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, former New Jersey Attorney General, and former counsel to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, and Peter C. Harvey, who was the first African American to serve as New Jersey Attorney General (2003–2006).

Goldwater Institute

The Goldwater Institute has hosted several prominent politicians, journalists, and speakers, including New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Czech Republic President Václav Klaus, and New York Times best-selling author Mark Steyn.

Joseph Vincent Moriarty

In 1976, in his mid-60s, his sentence was commuted by New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne.

Lake Tappan

On March 11, 2003, New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey visited the reservoir and proposed protecting it as well as the nearby Woodcliff Lake Reservoir and their tributaries with Category 1 water purity status.

Meadowlands Rail Line

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, New York Giants owner John Mara, New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, and players from the Giants and Jets rode a special train from Hoboken to the new station for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

New Jersey Transit

In mid-February 2008, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine withdrew the Monmouth Junction alignment from the MOM Plan.

Paula Franzese

Previously, she was appointed Special Ethics Counsel to New Jersey Governor Richard Codey.

Port of Miami Deep Dredge Project

The World Trade Center Miami argues that the funding necessary to complete the project is only a small fraction of the 3 billion dollars in federal aid recently rejected by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to improve rail infrastructure between New York City and New Jersey.

Renee Lane

She defeated Dr. Francis Byrne, brother of New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne in the primary election, and Republican Carmine Capone, the Mayor of Orange, New Jersey in the general election.

Telcordia Technologies

The company originally established its headquarters in Livingston with dedication by New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean in 1985, but moved its headquarters to Morristown a decade later.

West Morris Central High School

Bill Stepien (born 1978), Deputy Chief of Staff for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.