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Alexander Griffith was the first Colonial New Jersey Attorney General. 1714 –1719: Thomas Burnett Gordon (17 April 1652—April 28, 1722) was a Scottish emigrant to the Thirteen Colonies who became Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and New Jersey Attorney General for the Province of New Jersey. [3] 1719 –1723: Jeremiah Basse
Federal and state governments, insurance companies and other large medical institutions are heavily promoting the adoption of electronic health records.The US Congress included a formula of both incentives (up to $44,000 per physician under Medicare, or up to $65,000 over six years under Medicaid) and penalties (i.e. decreased Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to doctors who fail to use ...
The City of Orange (known simply as Orange) is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 34,447, [8] [9] an increase of 4,313 (+14.3%) from the 2010 census count of 30,134, [17] [18] which in turn reflected a decline of 2,734 (-8.3%) from the 32,868 counted in the 2000 census.
Among New Jersey's 564 municipalities, the borough is the most common form of local government, though the majority of state residents actually reside in townships. In 2023 there were 253 boroughs in New Jersey. [2] However, boroughs were not always so common. In 1875 only 17 boroughs had been created, all by special acts of the legislature.
New Jersey was governed by two groups of proprietors as two distinct provinces, East Jersey and West Jersey, between 1674 and 1702.New Jersey's first counties were created as administrative districts within each province, with East Jersey split in 1675 into Bergen, Essex, Middlesex and Monmouth counties, while West Jersey's initial counties of Burlington and Salem date to 1681.
The largest municipality by population in New Jersey is Newark, with 311,549 residents, whereas the smallest is Walpack Township, with seven residents. [3] New Jersey is the most populous U.S. state with no cities ranked in the top 50 most populous United States cities, with the next most populous being South Carolina.
John L. N. Stratton (1817–1889), member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey [202] John C. Ten Eyck (1814–1879), politician who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1859 to 1865 [203] M. Louise Thomas (1822–1907), social reformer [204] DeMya Walker (born 1977), professional basketball player [205]