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词条 Peter McDonough
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  1. Biography

  2. References

  3. External links

Peter J. McDonough (August 24, 1925 – August 28, 1998) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey, who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature. As of 2019 McDonough is the highest paid employee of the state of New Jersey, with an annual salary of $341,481[1].

Biography

McDonough was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, where he was a lifelong resident. He attended Plainfield High School and St. Lawrence University. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Corps in the Pacific Theater and Japan.[2]

He was a member of the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1960 to 1963. In 1963 he was first elected to the New Jersey General Assembly, where he served as the chairman of the Education Committee and the Transportation and Public Utilities Committee. He was a delegate to the 1966 New Jersey Constitutional Convention. In 1971 he was elected to the New Jersey Senate to represent the 22nd Legislative District and served as chairman of the Transportation Committee.[3]

After his retirement from the Legislature, he founded the public affairs consulting firm, Peter J. McDonough and Associates. His son, Peter J. McDonough Jr., was the director of communications for Governor Christine Todd Whitman.

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=YourMoney Active Pension Members |url=https://data.nj.gov/Government-Finance/YourMoney-Active-Pension-Members/44xg-bswk/data |website=NJOIT Open Data Center |publisher=State of New Jersey |accessdate=29 January 2019}}
2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=1ClMAAAAMAAJ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey]. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1977.
3. ^[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E3DD143FF932A3575AC0A96E958260 "Peter McDonough, 73, Retired Legislator"].The New York Times, September 1, 1998. Accessed March 17, 2008.

External links

  • Biographical information for Peter J. McDonough from The Political Graveyard
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