Broad Seal War
While both held commissions bearing the great ( broad ) seal of the state , only the Whig commissions were legally executed and signed by the Governor of New Jersey , William Pennington: charging their opponents with electoral fraud and facing loss of control of the House , the Democratic Party majority refused to seat five of the six Whigs . 
<triplet> William Pennington <subj> Governor of New Jersey <obj> position held