The Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey (also known as the Legislative Manual or Fitzgerald’s) is a NJ State Library (NJSL) Law Library resource for current and historical New Jersey government information, including departments, agencies, boards, statistics, voting results, names and biographies of legislators, and rules of the Senate and Assembly.
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The Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey (1872 – 1963)
Publication of the Manual as an annual series began in 1872. Below are links to copies in the public domain; for access to information in subsequent volumes, please contact the NJ State Research Library.
- 1872
- 1873
- 1874
- 1875
- 1876
- 1877
- 1878
- 1879 (Also via Google)
- 1880 (Also via Google)
- 1881 (Also via Google)
- 1882
- 1883 (Also via Google)
- 1884 (Also via Google)
- 1885 (Also via Google)
- 1886 (Also via Google)
- 1887 (Also via Google)
- 1888 (Also via Google)
- 1889 (Also via Google)
- 1890 (Also via Google)
- 1891 (Also via Google)
- 1892 (Also via Google)
- 1893
- 1894
- 1895 (Also via Google)
- 1896 (Also via Google)
- 1897 (Also via Google)
- 1898 (Also via Google)
- 1899 (Also via Google)
- 1900 (Also via Google)
- 1901 (Also via Google)
- 1902 (Also via Google)
- 1903 (Also via Google)
- 1904 (Also via Google)
- 1905 (Also via Google)
- 1906
- 1907 (Also via Google)
- 1908
- 1909 (Also via Google)
- 1910
- 1911
- 1912
- 1913
- 1914
- 1915 (Also via Google)
- 1916 (Also via Google)
- 1917
- 1918 (Also via Google)
- 1919
- 1920
- 1921
- 1922 (Also via Google)
- 147th Session, 1923 (Hathi), (Google Books)
- 148th Session, 1924 (Hathi), (Google Books)
- 149th Session, 1925 (Hathi)
- 150th Session, 1926 (Hathi), Google Books)
- 151st Session, 1927 (Hathi)
- 152nd Session, 1928 (Hathi)
- 1929, no digital copy located, NJSL has a print copy
- 154th Session, 1930 (Hathi)
- 155th Session, 1931 (Hathi)
- 156th Session, 1932 (Hathi)
- 157th Session, 1933 (Hathi)
- 158th Session, 1934 (Hathi)
- 1935 no digital copy located, NJSL has a print copy
- 160th Session, 1936 (Hathi)
- 161st Session, 1937 (Hathi)
- 162nd Session, 1938 (Hathi)
- 163rd Session, 1939 (Hathi)
- 164th Session, 1940 (Hathi)
- 165th Session, 1941 (Hathi)
- 166th Session, 1942 (Hathi)
- 167th Session, 1943 (Hathi)
- 168th Session, 1944 (Hathi)
- 169th Session, 1945 (Hathi)
- 170th Session, 1946 (Hathi)
- 171st Session, 1947 (Hathi)
- 172nd Session, 1948 (Hathi)
- 173rd Session, 1949 (Hathi)
- 174th Session, 1950 (Hathi)
- 175th Session, 1951 (Hathi), also (Hathi)
- 176th Session, 1952 (Hathi), also (Hathi)
- 177th Session, 1953 (Hathi)
- 178th Session, 1954 (Hathi)
- 179th Session, 1955 (Hathi), also (Hathi)
- 180th Session, 1956 (Hathi)
- 181st Session, 1957 (Hathi)
- 182nd Session, 1958 (Hathi)
- 183rd Session, 1959 (Hathi)
- 184th Session, 1960 (Hathi)
- 185th Session, 1961 (Hathi)
- 185th Session, 1961 (Hathi)
- 186th Session, 1962 (Hathi), also (Hathi)
- 187th Session, 1963 (Hathi)
The Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey was preceded by
- Alden, Timothy. Alden’s New-Jersey Register and United States’ calendar: for the year of Our Lord, 1811, the thirty-fifth, till the Fourth of July, of American independence; with an ephemeris and various interesting articles. (Newark: William Tuttle, 1811) (archive.org)
- Alden, Timothy. Alden’s New Jersey Register and United States’ calendar: for the year of Our Lord, 1812, the thirty-sixth, till the Fourth of July, of American independence; with an ephemeris and various interesting articles. (Newark: William Tuttle, 1812) (no digital copy available)
- Young, David. The New Jersey Register for the Year 1836. (Bishop Davenport, 1836). (no digital copy available, Historical Society of Pennsylvania has only cataloged copy)
- Sitgreaves, Charles. The Manual of legislative practice and order of business in the Legislature of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton: Bishop Davenport, 1836) (download from NJSL, archive.org, or Google)
- Potts, Joseph C. The New Jersey Register, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-seven; being the first year of publication. (Trenton: William D’Hart, 1837) (archive.org)
- Lloyd, Samuel. The New Jersey Annual Register, and general calendar, for the year 1846. (Trenton: Printed by Robert Gosman, 1845) (no digital copy available, print copy in storage at Rutgers University)
See also
- New Jersey Legislative Manuals in our New Jersey State Publications Digital Library.
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