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  Widnall, William B.
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NameWilliam B. Widnall
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Ridgewood, New Jersey , United States
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Born March 17, 1906
Died December 28, 1983 (77 years)
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InfoRepresentative from New Jersey; born in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., March 17, 1906; attended the public schools; Brown University, Providence, R.I., Ph.B., 1926 and from the New Jersey Law School (now part of Rutgers University), LL.B., 1931; was admitted to the bar in 1932 and commenced the practice of law in Hackensack, N.J.; member of the State house of assembly 1946-1950; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first Congress, by special election, February 6, 1950, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Parnell Thomas; reelected to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from February 6, 1950, until his resignation December 31, 1974; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; chairperson of the National Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers from November 1975 to 1981; was a resident of Ridgewood, N.J., until his death there December 28, 1983; interment in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N.Y.


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  11/05/1974 NJ District 7 Lost 44.41% (-5.25%)
  06/04/1974 NJ District 7 - R Primary Won 63.92% (+49.01%)
  11/07/1972 NJ District 7 Won 57.94% (+18.01%)
  11/03/1970 NJ District 07 Won 58.58% (+17.16%)
  11/05/1968 NJ District 7 Won 62.18% (+25.49%)
  11/08/1966 NJ District 7 Won 66.41% (+32.83%)
  09/13/1966 NJ District 07 - R Primary Won 69.61% (+39.23%)
  11/03/1964 NJ District 7 Won 56.49% (+13.39%)
  11/06/1962 NJ District 7 Won 61.43% (+23.59%)
  11/08/1960 NJ District 7 Won 63.69% (+27.67%)
  11/04/1958 NJ District 7 Won 59.63% (+19.61%)
  11/06/1956 NJ District 7 Won 70.66% (+41.33%)
  11/02/1954 NJ District 7 Won 62.25% (+24.49%)
  04/20/1954 NJ District 07 - R Primary Won 88.22% (+76.43%)
  11/04/1952 NJ District 7 Won 68.32% (+36.65%)
  04/15/1952 NJ District 07 - R Primary Won 64.42% (+28.84%)
  11/07/1950 NJ District 07 Won 69.67% (+39.34%)
  04/18/1950 NJ District 07 - R Primary Won 92.29% (+84.58%)
  02/06/1950 NJ District 7 - Special Election Won 67.50% (+35.00%)
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