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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Peter W. Rodino, Jr. |
Address | 205 Grafton Ave. Newark, New Jersey , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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June 07, 1909
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Died | May 07, 2005
(95 years)
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Contributor | *crickets chirp* |
Last Modifed | RBH Feb 22, 2022 06:04pm |
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Info | Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., June 7, 1909; attended the McKinley Grammar School and Barringer High School; graduated from the University of Newark and from the New Jersey Law School in 1937; was admitted to the bar in 1938 and commenced the practice of law in Newark; teacher, public speaking and citizenship classes, Y.M.C.A. and Federation of Clubs, Newark, N.J., 1930-1932; managing editor of the Jersey Review in 1934 and 1935; enlisted in the United States Army March 10, 1941, and served with the First Armored Division in North Africa and Italy and on military missions with the Italian Army; discharged as a captain in April 1946; awarded Bronze Star for military operations, War Cross, and Knight of Order of Crown from Italy; unsuccessful candidate in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the nineteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1989); chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Ninety-third through One Hundredth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1988 to the One Hundred First Congress; visiting professor, Seton Hall University Law School; is a resident of Newark, N.J.
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