Today in New Jersey history:
Today in New Jersey history:
March 31, 1723: Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, once royal governor of New York and New Jersey, portrayed as a transvestite by his political enemies, died in England. On hearing of his death, New Jersey ironmaster Lewis Morris of Shrewsbury characterized the late corrupt royal governor as a “wretch” who had “no regard for honor or virtue.”
March 31, 1870: Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy became the first African-American to vote in an election under the auspices of the just ratified 15th Amendment.
March 31, 1723: Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury, once royal governor of New York and New Jersey, portrayed as a transvestite by his political enemies, died in England. On hearing of his death, New Jersey ironmaster Lewis Morris of Shrewsbury characterized the late corrupt royal governor as a “wretch” who had “no regard for honor or virtue.”
March 31, 1870: Thomas Mundy Peterson of Perth Amboy became the first African-American to vote in an election under the auspices of the just ratified 15th Amendment.
