词条 | William W. Evans Jr. |
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| name = William W. Evans Jr. | image = | birth_name = William Wadsworth Evans Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1921|5|6}} | birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|8|19|1921|5|6}} | death_place = Stuart, Florida, U.S. | office = New Jersey State Assemblyman | termstart = January 1960 | termend = January 1961 | predecessor = Clara K. Bivona | successor = Nelson G. Gross |party = Republican |alma_mater = University of Virginia, University of Miami Law School |profession = Lawyer |parents = William Wadsworth Evans Isabel Urquhart Blauvelt Evans |spouse = Marie Archbold Evans |religion = Episcopal Church }} William Wadsworth Evans Jr. (May 6, 1921 – August 19, 1999) was an American Republican politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1960 to 1962 and was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1968. Early lifeEvans was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on May 6, 1921, the son of Assemblyman William Wadsworth Evans (1886-1972) and Isabel Urquhart Blauvelt (1892-1967). He was a graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Miami School of Law. He served in the U.S. Marines during World War II. Evans was elected Mayor of Wyckoff, New Jersey in the 1950s.[1] New Jersey AssemblymanHe was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1959.[2] He was the top vote-getter in the 1959 election, receiving 141,222 votes countywide to win one of Bergen County's six Assembly seats. He beat his closest Democratic rival by 33,381 votes.[3] He was not a candidate for re-election to a second term in 1961.[4] Evans took two months off from his law firm in 1960 to work on Richard Nixon's 1960 presidential campaign.[5] He had been the Co-Chairman of Barry Goldwater's New Jersey campaign in 1964.[6] Presidential candidateOn September 16, 1967, Evans announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for President in 1968. He said by entering the New Hampshire primary, he would seek to use his candidacy as a platform to expound upon his opposition to the Vietnam War and seek to pressure other candidates to clarify their views on Vietnam.[7] Evans "campaigned extensively, visiting the offices of nearly every newspaper in the state."[8] A New York Times story on the New Hampshire primary in January showed a picture of an Evans for President billboard at the south end of Main Street in Concord, which the newspaper said was the first billboard of the campaign.[9] Evans received just 151 votes statewide.[10] Later lifeHe was married to Marie Archbold Evans (1923-2012) and had five children. He retired from the practice of law in the early 1980s and moved to Florida. Evans died in Stuart, Florida, in 1999 at the age of 78. References1. ^{{cite book|title=Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual of New Jersey|date=1960|publisher=Joseph J. Gribbons}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, William W. Jr.}}2. ^{{cite book| title=Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual of New Jersey| date=1960| publisher=Joseph J. Gribbons}} 3. ^{{cite web| title=Our Campaigns| url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=744488}} 4. ^{{cite web| title=Results of the Primary Election| url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/1920-1970-results/1961-primary-election.pdf| website=New Jersey Division of Elections| publisher=State of New Jersey| accessdate=29 December 2014}} 5. ^{{cite news| last1=Morley| first1=Hugh R.| title=William Evans Jr., Ex-Mayor of Wyckoff, State Assemblyman| publisher=The Record| date=21 August 1999}} 6. ^{{cite book| last1=Richardson| first1=Darcy G.| title=A Nation Divided: The 1968 Presidential Campaign| date=2002| publisher=iUniverse| isbn=9780595236992| page=216}} 7. ^{{cite news| title=New Jersey Lawyer Enters Primary in New Hampshire| publisher=New York Times| date=17 September 1967}} 8. ^{{cite book| last1=Richardson| first1=Darcy G.| title=A Nation Divided: The 1968 Presidential Campaign| date=2002| publisher=iUniverse| isbn=9780595236992| page=216}} 9. ^{{cite news| last1=Fenton| first1=John H.| title=Primary in New Hampshire Is Far From Voters' Minds| publisher=New York Times| date=5 January 1968}} 10. ^{{cite book| last1=Richardson| first1=Darcy G.| title=A Nation Divided: The 1968 Presidential Campaign| date=2002| publisher=iUniverse| isbn=9780595236992| page=216}} 12 : Members of the New Jersey General Assembly|1968 United States presidential candidates|Mayors of places in New Jersey|New Jersey Republicans|New Jersey lawyers|People from Wyckoff, New Jersey|American Marine Corps personnel of World War II|University of Virginia alumni|University of Miami School of Law alumni|1921 births|1999 deaths|20th-century American politicians |
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