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Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914-1981) —
also known as Hugh J. Addonizio —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., January
31, 1914.
Son of Frank Addonizio and Livia (Barasso) Addonizio.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
vice-president, A & C Clothing
Co.; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 11th District, 1949-62; mayor of
Newark, N.J., 1962-70; defeated, 1970; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1964.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; NAACP; Urban
League; Lions; Kiwanis;
Rotary.
Indicted
in federal court, December, 1969, along with Municipal Judge Anthony
Giuliano, other city officials, and reputed organized
crime leader, Anthony 'Tony Boy' Boiardo, on extortion
and income
tax evasion charges
over a scheme to share kickbacks
from a sewer contracting company; pleaded not guilty; tried;
during the trial a witness identified him as recipient of thousands
of dollars in bribes;
convicted
in July, 1970; sentenced
to ten years in prison
and fined
$25,000; released in 1979.
Died in Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J., February
2, 1981 (age 67 years, 2
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, N.J.
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Dominick Vincent Daniels (1908-1987) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., October
18, 1908.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 14th District, 1959-77.
Member, Lions; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., July 17,
1987 (age 78 years, 272
days).
Interment at Holy
Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, N.J.
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William Harvey Johnson Ely (b. 1891) —
also known as William H. J. Ely —
of Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., September
18, 1891.
Son of Adison
Ely and Emily (Johnson) Ely.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; district judge in New
Jersey, 1924-29; member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1932-34; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Elks;
Lions; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Reid English (b. 1886) —
also known as Charles R. English —
of Red Bank, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Englishtown, Monmouth
County, N.J., May 18,
1886.
Son of John Perrine English and Anna (Reid) English.
Republican. Automobile
dealer; mayor of
Red Bank, N.J., 1931-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Jones (b. 1870) —
of Maplewood, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
1, 1870.
Republican. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1899-1901; Speaker of
the New Jersey State House of Assembly, 1900-01; district judge
in New Jersey, 1906-11; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Nicholas St. John La Corte (b. 1918) —
also known as Nicholas S. La Corte —
of Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J.; Cranford, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., March 8,
1918.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Elizabeth, N.J., 1953-55; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1964-65.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Still living as of 1965.
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Richard A. Nest (1927-1999) —
of Fort Lee, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., 1927.
Accountant;
mayor
of Fort Lee, N.J., 1976-79.
Member, Lions; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from a heart
attack, March 24,
1999 (age about 71
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Madonna
Cemetery, Fort Lee, N.J.
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Achibald Albert Wacker (1903-1994) —
also known as Achibald A. Wacker —
of Union, Union
County, N.J.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., June 29,
1903.
Son of William F. Wacker and Annie E. (Hess) Wacker.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1942; municipal judge in New
Jersey, 1946-57.
Lutheran.
Member, Lions.
Died May 26,
1994 (age 90 years, 331
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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