Hudson County Facts

John Longo started out as an opponent to the Hague Machine. Longo was jailed for election fraud after “supporter” J. Owen Grundy testified against him. Whether Grundy was telling the truth on the stand is open to argument. While in jail, Longo would yell out the windows proclaiming his innocence to passers-by. After serving his sentence, representatives of the Machine met with Longo. They pointed out the obvious: Longo’s friends were Judases and – anyhow – the people didn’t care. Longo accepted a local government job.

After the conviction of J.V. Kenny and Tom Whelan, Moe Longo – John’s son – ran as the Machine candidate for Mayor against Paul Jordan.