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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: New Jersey Delegation to 1996 Democratic National Convention</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Torricelli</a> Delegates (may be incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/amick-andersen.html#131.62.69">Peggy Anastos</a>, Paterson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andrews.html#980.70.70">Robert E. Andrews</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baczkowski-baile.html#556.66.79">Byron M. Baer</a>, Englewood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#351.69.85">Hilary Ballon</a>, Englewood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradley9.html#125.25.07">Bill Bradley</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#983.58.63">David Allen Brown</a>, Long Branch - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#873.50.94">Wayne R. Bryant</a>, Camden - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bunnel-burbridge.html#772.57.71">Barbara Buono</a>, Edison - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butman-butters.html#784.25.02">Joseph Buttafuoco</a>, Metuchen - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrne.html#857.72.62">Brendan Thomas Byrne, Jr.</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrne.html#783.52.84">Brendan T. Byrne</a>, Roseland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/capozzi-carew.html#335.64.99">Wilfredo Caraballo</a>, South Orange - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/casebolt-caseyjones.html#331.03.19">Jack Casey</a>, Palmyra - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#739.23.80">Frank Cecco</a>, New Milford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#708.64.36">Upendra Chivukula</a>, Somerset - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#366.07.53">Richard J. Codey</a>, West Orange - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohen.html#279.42.02">Carol I. Cohen</a>, Westfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohen.html#851.97.45">Eleanore K. Cohen</a>, Livingston - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#056.69.66">Cardell Cooper</a>, East Orange - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coots-corbly.html#779.12.44">Russell K. Corby</a>, Pine Beach - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/coulomb-courtlandt.html#183.82.75">Denise Coulter</a>, Barnegat - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/craytoff-crego.html#805.24.57">Riletta L. Cream</a>, Cherry Hill - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#642.37.17">Robert Crespo</a>, Hoboken - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosse-crowe.html#400.74.81">Kathy Crotty</a>, Ewing - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crowninshield-crystal.html#385.63.13">Mildred C. Crump</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cummins-cunneen.html#552.93.64">Clive Cummis</a>, Llewellyn Park, West Orange - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curren-currin.html#128.48.00">John Currie</a>, Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daniels.html#412.47.65">Alberta Daniels</a>, East Orange - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davie-davila.html#432.53.60">Nidia Davila-Colon</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#940.68.13">Alfred C. DeCotiis</a>, Roseland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#052.67.49">Charlotte DeFilippo</a>, Hillside - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donner-donolow.html#122.11.85">Mary Bustillo Donohue</a>, River Edge - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovon-dorilus.html#533.26.34">Joseph V. Doria, Jr.</a>, Bayonne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dowling.html#825.94.69">Sarah Dowling</a>, Burlington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#192.35.18">Ben Dworkin</a>, Plainsboro - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faalevao-fairbanks.html#368.68.72">Paul T. Fader</a>, Englewood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#303.60.02">Zulima V. Farber</a>, North Bergen - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischer.html#439.38.12">June S. Fischer</a>, Scotch Plains - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#665.12.77">Willie L. Flood</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#471.06.23">James J. Florio</a>, Piscataway - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flynn.html#715.47.88">Elaine M. Flynn</a>, Old Bridge - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fringer-frosh.html#424.99.20">Arline M. Friscia</a>, Woodbridge - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulton.html#492.74.64">Edithe Fulton</a>, Toms River - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garcia.html#101.34.78">Rudy Garcia</a>, Union City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibbs-giboyeaux.html#455.71.44">Thomas P. Giblin</a>, Montclair - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gillespie.html#417.13.17">Patrick Gillespie</a>, Old Bridge - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmour-givhan.html#614.58.03">Joseph Ginarte</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gonas-gooch.html#150.22.26">Carmen Gonzalez-Gannon</a>, Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html#571.77.14">Sherryl Gordon</a>, Cherry Hill - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham2.html#811.62.97">Catherine Graham</a>, Trenton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham5.html#161.53.15">John Graham</a>, Livingston - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green4.html#503.15.62">Gerald B. Green</a>, Plainfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haack-hackenberg.html#930.74.44">Joan Haberle</a>, Stockton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halla-halsell.html#175.37.67">Jane E. Halligan</a>, Island Heights - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herbert.html#622.63.58">Eleanor Herbert</a>, Sparta - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hobby-hodgdon.html#955.43.22">Susan Hodes</a>, Manalapan - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#773.82.85">Barbara Holcomb</a>, Sicklerville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holloway.html#434.88.79">Melissa Holloway</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holmes.html#183.92.10">Carolyn J. Holmes</a>, Vineland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/horn.html#679.26.98">Loretta Terri Horn</a>, Pennsauken - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#563.15.26">Stephen C. Hornik</a>, Jackson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/james.html#825.65.72">Sharpe James</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jamieson-jarstad.html#041.81.82">Robert C. Janiszewski</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#508.26.98">Jerry Jessick</a>, Franklinville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#127.22.08">Michael Johnson</a>, Haddonfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keys-kickham.html#620.88.13">Leonard P. Kiczek</a>, Bayonne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king6.html#144.74.06">Linda King</a>, Elizabeth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#331.90.13">Frank R. Lautenberg</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#674.99.63">Raymond J. Lesniak</a>, Elizabeth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leszynski-levi.html#079.13.56">Marceil Letts</a>, Morris Plains - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/levin.html#528.56.32">Susan Bass Levin</a>, Cherry Hill - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#317.56.34">Wynona M. Lipman</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/looney-lorch.html#330.06.65">John Loos</a>, Franklin Park - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lynch.html#968.60.41">John A. Lynch, Jr.</a>, New Brunswick - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/macdougal-maciora.html#498.49.86">Gordon A. MacInnes, Jr.</a>, Morristown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#399.47.51">Kelly Stewart Maer</a>, Hopewell Township, Cumberland County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#149.87.69">Louis N. Magazzu</a>, Vineland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/majors-malloney.html#615.38.86">Richard Malizia</a>, Union City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#092.77.47">Rita R. Mason</a>, Browns Mills - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#859.03.57">John Mautone</a>, North Bergen - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcpherson.html#471.11.56">Bernadette P. McPherson</a>, Rutherford - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mena-mercado.html#813.99.74">Bob Menendez</a>, Union City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miley-millender.html#499.37.89">Anselmo Millan</a>, Harrison - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller1.html#713.44.51">Arline Miller</a>, River Edge - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller6.html#322.83.08">Lenore Miller</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moffat-molumby.html#415.25.05">Migdalia Mojica</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroney-montfort.html#601.13.95">Haydee Montenegro</a>, Weehawken - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/montie-moodie.html#892.26.55">A. Tony Montiero</a>, Elizabeth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mooers-mooradian.html#779.99.33">Lori Mooney</a>, Linwood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muller-mumper.html#205.49.24">Kyle Mulroy</a>, Colts Neck - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/orourke.html#191.98.71">Beatrice O'Rourke</a>, Ridgewood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/painken-palma.html#458.51.14">Kay Palacios</a>, Englewood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/painken-palma.html#106.99.50">Frank Pallone, Jr.</a>, Long Branch - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer.html#275.61.04">Douglas H. Palmer</a>, Trenton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parish-parke.html#887.62.83">Patricia Parisi</a>, Ridgewood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/partington-pastuszka.html#663.22.22">Bill Pascrell, Jr.</a>, Paterson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/payne-payrow.html#219.35.93">Donald M. Payne</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plunket-poilek.html#904.98.40">Raymond M. Pocino</a>, Cranbury - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potter.html#095.23.85">Frederick Potter</a>, Hazlet - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pryse-puffer.html#228.77.46">Richard Pucci</a>, Spotswood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rainie-ralph.html#026.19.39">Joanne Rajoppi</a>, Union - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rayburn-rayl.html#824.10.87">Robert Raymar</a>, Watchung - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rice.html#358.65.98">Ronald C. Rice</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rosebury-rosenbaum.html#565.08.30">Amy Rosen-Carden</a>, Montclair - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sebelius-secor.html#892.69.13">Patricia Sebold</a>, Livingston - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#257.12.72">Samuel Siler</a>, Sicklerville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#923.04.94">Morris Smith</a>, Collingswood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/templeton-terrill.html#963.12.49">William Terrell</a>, Somerset - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#617.43.64">Dennis Testa</a>, River Vale - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#114.11.88">Robert G. Torricelli</a>, Englewood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traeger-travia.html#203.02.61">Jaunita Trammell</a>, Hackensack - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuckerman-turnbull.html#467.82.85">E. Jane Tully</a>, Spring Lake Heights - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner8.html#331.90.42">Shirley K. Turner</a>, Lawrenceville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tuttrop-tye.html#041.24.03">Ann Twomey</a>, Fort Lee - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vaile-valentin.html#074.47.02">Julia Valdivia</a>, Union City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#525.49.62">Joan Waks</a>, Wayne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weems-weinland.html#706.78.22">Loretta Weinberg</a>, Teaneck - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/west-westbrook.html#380.52.94">Marva West</a>, Swedesboro - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wisner-witherow.html#784.27.75">Deborah M. Wisniewski</a>, Parlin - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/worthington.html#468.12.95">Meg Worthington</a>, Smithville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zaagman-zazachilds.html#163.75.38">Eileen Zazzali</a>, Rumson Alternates (may be incomplete!) <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#854.23.74">J. Christian Bollwage</a>, Elizabeth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#375.11.66">Michael DeMarse</a>, Paramus - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#242.20.46">H. Frances Enright</a>, Spring Lake - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#950.29.27">Alice Furia</a>, Delran - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodroads-gorbey.html#098.85.22">Sally Goodson</a>, Nutley - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#436.76.59">John Hampton</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson2.html#358.36.48">Clarence Jackson</a>, Montclair - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#355.26.07">John Johnson</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcclellan.html#765.11.83">Richard McClellan</a>, Trenton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/midkiff-milen.html#836.49.82">Milton Milan</a>, Camden - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pratte-presba.html#176.17.80">Diane Prentice</a>, Hamilton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#312.85.41">Julio Sabater</a>, Elizabeth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steiwer-stephen.html#366.41.56">Linda Stender</a>, Fanwood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sutton.html#994.80.70">Anna Sutton</a>, Plainfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tylor-tzschuck.html#845.02.44">Arlene Tyler-Benson</a>, Irvington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmermann-zywicki.html#807.29.70">George Zoffinger</a>, New Brunswick - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmermann-zywicki.html#638.71.81">Tracy S. Zur</a>, Princeton </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The official URL for this page is: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NJ.html">https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/NJ.html</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html">alphabetical index of politicians</a>.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm">Feist v. Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons License</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> What is a "political graveyard"? See <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/political-graveyard">Political Dictionary</a>; <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=political%20graveyard">Urban Dictionary</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"> Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by <a href="https://www.hdlmi.com">HDLmi.com</a>. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025. </td></tr> </table> </body> </html>