词条 | John A. Lynch Sr. |
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BiographyLynch was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on March 10, 1908 to John T. Lynch and Margaret Corrigan. After graduating from Saint Peter's High School in New Brunswick in 1925, he entered Fordham University. He transferred to Fordham University School of Law, graduating in 1929 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in October 1929.[1] He clerked with New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Peter F. Daly and became a trial lawyer in New Brunswick.[2] On October 13, 1934, Lynch married Evelyn Rooney, daughter of Joseph Rooney and Helen Ware. They had five children: Barbara Ann, John A. Lynch, Jr., William J., Mary-Lynn, and Gerald M. Lynch.[1] John A. Lynch, Jr. would also serve as State Senator and Mayor of New Brunswick. From 1935 to 1941 he served as police recorder of the city of New Brunswick. He then served as prosecutor of pleas for Middlesex County from 1941 to 1946. In 1946 he was elected to the New Brunswick Board of Commissioners, and then became mayor in 1951, serving until 1955.[2] In 1955 he was elected to the first of seven terms to the New Jersey Senate. In 1966 he was selected as Senate President, serving as Acting Governor in the absence of Governor Richard J. Hughes.[2] Lynch continued to serve in the Senate while suffering from cancer in the last four years of his life. He died at Whitestone Hospital in Queens, New York City on March 3, 1978, a week before his 70th birthday.[3] LegacyThe John A. Lynch Sr. Memorial Bridge, spanning the Raritan River on Route 18, is named in his honor. References1. ^1 {{cite book |title=The Story of New Jersey |last=Myers |first=William Starr |year=1945 |publisher= Lewis Historical Publishing Company |volume=5 |page=733 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-cMAAAAYAAJ }} 2. ^1 2 {{cite book |title=Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey |year=1971 |publisher=J.A. Fitzgerald |pages=348–9 }} 3. ^1 {{cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title=John A. Lynch, Senator in Jersey. Mayor of New Brunswick, 1951-55|quote=John A. Lynch, a former Mayor of New Brunswick and a 22-year veteran of the New Jersey Senate, died today at Whitestone Hospital in Queens. He was 69 years old, and had fought a losing battle with cancer for the last four years. |work=New York Times |date=1978-03-04 |accessdate=2009-05-03 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F14F7355A13728DDDAD0894DB405B888BF1D3 }} External links
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