INSIDERNJ Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of New Jersey’s General Assembly Speakers
![As the NJ Legislature now awaits Governor Phil Murphy’s actions on the 2020 budget, a veteran statehouse source admitted to being confused about front office gamesmanship. The source also predicts the state government will shut down for a day or two.](https://www.insidernj.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/craig-1024x768.jpg)
In 1972, David Friedland helped make Tom Kean Speaker. Who was the Elizabeth representative who joined him?
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Which Speaker of the NJ Assembly later served as Vice President?
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Which Speaker once competed as a bodybuilder?
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Who served as Speaker of the General Assembly when U.S. Senator Charles Sumner famously railed against slavery?
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Which speaker led the tabling of several resolutions that bad-mouthed President Abe Lincoln, who was visiting the NJ Statehouse?
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One of the nixed resolutions against Lincoln included the following:
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To get to the Assembly, Craig Coughlin outdueled a retired judge appointed by what former Governor?
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Who served as Speaker of the Assembly with Royal Governor William Franklin?
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This speaker was a war hero in the Revolution, but then endured a muddied reputation because of his affiliation with Aaron Burr:
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Which Speaker shot down German planes in WWI?
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Who was the first black woman Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly?
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