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  Voting Medal
Though the 13th Amendment (1865) to the U.S. Constitution ended the institution of slavery, and the 14th Amendment (1868) granted citizenship to former slaves, it was not until the ratification of the 15th Amendment (1870) that all men, regardless of race or color, were guaranteed the right to vote.
This medal was issued by the citizens of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and presented to Peterson in 1884.
OF PERTH AMBOY N.J. Peterson, the son of parents who had been slaves owned by the Mundy family, was politically active and became the first African American to hold an elected office (on the Middlesex County Commission) in the city of Perth Amboy.
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  Thomas Mundy Peterson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On March 31, 1870, Thomas Mundy Peterson (1824 - 1904) of Perth Amboy, New Jersey became the first African-American to vote in an election under the just enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
He was born in Metuchen to parents that had been slaves owned by the Mundy family.
In New Jersey, March 31st is annually celebrated as Thomas Mundy Peterson Day to mark the rights of all citizens to vote.
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 Encyclopedia: Peterson   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Honourable David Robert Peterson, PC (born December 28, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) was the twentieth Premier of the Province of Ontario, Canada, from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990.
Scott Peterson on trial Scott Lee Peterson (born October 24, 1972 in San Diego, California) is a former fertilizer salesman convicted in a high-profile California double murder case.
Petersons algorithm is a concurrent programming algorithm for mutual exclusion that allows two processes to share a single-use resource without conflict, using only shared memory for communication.
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 Thomas Mundy Peterson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He was born in (additional info and facts about Metuchen) Metuchen to parents that had been (A person who is owned by someone) slaves owned by the Mundy family.
He was also the city's first "colored" person to serve on a (A body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law) jury.
In (A Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies) New Jersey, March 31st is annually celebrated as Thomas Mundy Peterson Day to mark the rights of all citizens to vote.
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 P.L.1998, jr.001 (AJR31)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Whereas, Thomas Mundy Peterson (1824-1904), a citizen of Perth Amboy, cast the first vote by an African-American in the United States after the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution; and
Whereas, Thomas Mundy Peterson was known throughout Perth Amboy as "an honorable and good citizen" and was awarded a gold medal in 1884 by the citizens of Perth Amboy in commemoration of his historic 1870 vote; and
Duly authenticated copies of this joint resolution shall be transmitted to the descendants of Thomas Mundy Peterson and the City of Perth Amboy.
www.njleg.state.nj.us /9899/Bills/pl98/1001_.htm   (216 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/1870
March 3 - Thomas Scott is executed by Louis Reil's provisional government during the Red River Rebellion in modern day Manitoba Canada.
March 19 - Ohio Legislature passes the Cannon Act, thereby establishing the Ohio Agriculture and Mechanical College, later The Ohio State University.
March 31 - Thomas Mundy Peterson the first African-American to vote in an election.
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Peterson remarried, and by March, 1992, his second wife had developed colon cancer.
Peterson petitioned the court for termination of his spousal support based on changed circumstances.
Lois Peterson's income at the time was approximately $64,500 from wages and an additional $9,000 in interest and dividend income.
www.courts.state.va.us /txtops/0451943.txt   (967 words)

  
 Archives: Story
The issue arose when Human Resources Director Tiina Mundy asked the commissioners if they wanted her to go out for bids on the various types of insurance as had been done last year.
Mundy explained that the cost of life and dental insurance had remained relatively stable over the last three years, while the cost of health insurance, property and liability, and Workers' Compensation had seen dramatic increases.
Mundy replied that she would like to have the bids back in by no later than the middle of April.
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Citation presentation — State Rep. Phyllis Mundy is pictured with Alfred Peter Delano (center) as she presents him with a citation from the House of Representatives.
Phyllis Mundy, who was instrumental in helping the organization to secure funds, visited with several of the team players and officers.
Members of the WVW tennis team and their coach appreciated Rep. Mundy's efforts in repairing the Hamilton Park tennis courts which had deteriorated badly.
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 AFT: Publications: American Teacher: October 1999 - Feature Story: What a mess! Too many of our schools are falling ...
Thomas Edison's light bulb was still eight years in the future.
Much later, the school was renamed for its first custodian, Thomas Mundy Peterson, who was the first African American to vote after the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution.
At the Thomas Mundy Peterson School, there is no central hallway, so students have to walk through other classrooms to reach their own.
www.aft.org /pubs-reports/american_teacher/oct99/feature.html   (737 words)

  
 Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But it was not really until the Voting Rights Act in 1965, almost a century later, that this purpose was actually achieved in all states.
The first person to vote under the provisions of the amendment was Thomas Mundy Peterson.
After the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment barring slavery, and the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteeing former slaves citizenship, there were still fears by the Radical Republicans that sympathizers to the Confederate cause would attempt to achieve through suppression of the fl vote what they could not obtain by war.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution   (1037 words)

  
 New Jersey Department of Education - 2003-04 New Jersey School Report Card   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Peterson School, the oldest school in the district, remains young in spirit as it offers the cities’ youngest students a foundation for their future education.
Our school carries the name of Thomas Mundy Peterson, the first African-American in the United States to vote in an election.
Peterson was the first custodian when our school opened in 1871.
education.state.nj.us /rc/rc04/narrative/23/4090/23-4090-060.html   (395 words)

  
 Thomas Mundy Peterson - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Thomas Mundy Peterson - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Thomas Mundy Peterson contains research on
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 Courier Electronic Edition: Obits for 071102
He was born May 29, 1933, in Wyandot County to Eugene and Ruth (Puchta) Mundy.
Also surviving are six sons, Joe Frazier, Findlay; Rob Mundy, Larue; Jeff Mundy, Tiffin; William Mundy Jr., Kenton; Scott Mundy, Forest; and John Mundy, Malone, N.Y.; two daughters, Deb Greeno, Tiffin; and Lori Evans, Findlay; 14 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a brother, Robert of Grand Isle, Fla.; and a sister, Betty Lou Walter, Carey.
Mundy retired from Millington Plastics (now Worthington Plastics), Upper Sandusky, after 52 years.
www.thecourier.com /issues/2002/Jul/obits071102.htm   (1043 words)

  
 This Day in U.S. Military History: 03.05   (Site not responding. Last check: )
If particular care and attention are not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound to obey any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” Twenty years later her husband was a candidate in America’s first real election.
S/Sgt. Peterson crept and crawled to a position in the lead and motioned for the 2d Platoon to follow.
S/Sgt. Peterson, by his gallant, intrepid actions, unrelenting fighting spirit, and outstanding initiative, silenced 3 enemy machineguns against great odds and while suffering from severe wounds, enabling his company to advance with minimum casualties.
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 Biography Of Margaret Peterson Haddix   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In grammar, a preposition is a word that establishes a relationship betweenan object (usually a noun phrase)and some other part of the sentence, oftenexpressing a location in place or time.
3) " Peterson" -- in the term Biography Of Margaret Peterson Haddix
Peterson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Peter ".
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 Mundy Family Genealogy Forum (All Messages)
Re: Ada Mundy from Wiltshire - troy spry 1/14/04
Re: Ephraim Mundy of Middlesex County, NJ - s.k.wieland 11/16/00
Re: Ephraim Mundy of Middlesex County, NJ - Gregory Shives 5/26/00
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 Converted from source "voting2"
Whether he voted for, or against, the municipal charter revision is irrelevant, but the ballot he dropped in the box that day marked the beginning of a new era in American politics.
Long after nearly all recalcitrant county clerks gave in and registered fls, while Thomas Mott of Los Angeles and William Morris of Sonoma stood as a distinct minority by continuing to refuse such registration, editor Joseph Walkup of the Democratic Placer Herald steadfastly maintained an intransigent opposition to fl suffrage.
Thomas Fitch, Republican congressman from Nevada, told his House colleagues that despite their dominance in California government, the Democrats in the recently adjourned legislature passed no measure to restrict Chinese suffrage, although they came to power on the Chinese issue.
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 Peterson Afb Colorado
1) " Peterson" -- In the context of Peterson Afb Colorado
2) " Afb" -- In the context of Peterson Afb Colorado
3) " Colorado" -- In the context of Peterson Afb Colorado
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 Converted from source "edit22a"
This appears to have been dictated by J. Mandeville and Thomas N. Wand, Senators, respectively from Tuolumne and San Francisco, and by L. Hall, late a secession editor in Tulare, D. Callahan, proprietor of the Golden Eagle Hotel in this city, and a few others of less prominence in the party.
Thomas Laspeyre, in a lengthy letter, explained that he was stopped on the way to his room in the Golden Eagle Hotel in Sacramento about 10 p.m.
While motivation for the Fifteenth Amendment was primarily to ensure Republican electoral success in states where white voters divided almost evenly between the two major parties, the enfranchisement of fls in California failed to accomplish that end in municipal elections held in the months following the registration of California's first fl voters.
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 Gunner Peterson   (Site not responding. Last check: )
1) " Gunner" -- In re: Gunner Peterson
Gunner refers to anyone whose main job is to operate a gun.
2) " Peterson" -- In re: Gunner Peterson
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 mundy - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 Raritan
The church contains tombstones of many of the early settlers and prominent citizens including the first fl voter, Thomas "Mundy" Peterson, and Rev. Robert McKean, founder of the N.J. Medical Society, the country's oldest medical association.
The original structure was built in 1714-17 bu tis now concealed with 19th and 20th century additions.
Thomas "Mundy" Peterson, the first fl voter in the United States under the 15th Amendment, cast his history making ballot here on March 31, 1870.
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by Donald L. Riddle, Thomas Blumenthal, Barbara J. Meyers, and James R. Preiss (JavaScript-dependent HTML at NIH)
, by Talbot Mundy (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
(Philadelphia: T. Peterson, c1852), by Charles J. Peterson (page images at openlibrary.org)
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 Encyclopedia of New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Eagleton, Wells P. Eames, Thomas B. early childhood education
Headlee, Thomas J. Health Care Institute of New Jersey
Welch, Thomas B. Wells, E.S. Wells, Viola Gertrude
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 Mundy Bangs
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Between the Covers ~ Available Inventory ~ Author/Subject P (Part 1) fine in heavily gilt   Details $1850 PETERSON-MUNDY, Thomas History and Proceedings Attending the and with an introduction by John Kendrick Bangs.
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 Interactive Effects of Environmentally Relevant Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dioxins on [3H]Phorbol Ester ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Differential effects of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners on phosphoinositide hydrolysis and protein kinase C translocation in rat cerebellar granule cells.
Zabel EW, Walker MK, Hornung MW, Clayton MK, Peterson RE.
Potency of a complex mixture of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin, dibenzofuran, and biphenyl congeners compared to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in causing fish early life stage mortality.
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 Fish is square. Chicken is circle.
On March 31, 1870, Thomas Peterson-Mundy became the first African American to vote under the authority of the fifteenth amendment.
President and founding father, Thomas Jefferson filed for bankruptcy not just once, but several times, to eliminate the accumulation of his huge debt.
Elvis Presley's high school homeroom teacher Mildred Scrivener encouraged him to sing in her minstrel show.
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 Off the Field - Story - Umenyiora Encourages Kids to “Be Powerful, Be Heard” - Giants.com
Perth Amboy was chosen as the site for the kickoff of the 2005 “Be Powerful, Be Heard” youth voter initiative, in part, because of its historical significance to voting.
The first African American to vote in the United States, following passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870, was Thomas Mundy Peterson, who resided and cast that first vote in Perth Amboy.
In 2004, The Giants embarked on a new and exciting non-partisan program focused on encouraging local residents to register to vote.
www.giants.com /news/off_the_field/story.asp?story_id=6785&print=yes   (385 words)

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