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Berry</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruchhausen-brunner.html#722.93.16">George E. Brunner</a>, Camden - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/comte-conditt.html#990.11.72">Robert S. Conahay</a>, Morristown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emest-engle.html#918.13.41">Charles W. Engelhard</a>, Far Hills - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#251.91.67">Edward J. Hart</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#275.22.83">Joseph J. Hishon</a>, Dumont - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howell.html#944.73.30">Charles R. Howell</a>, Pennington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kerrey-keydel.html#666.21.73">John A. Kervick</a>, Short Hills - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingston-kinner.html#838.93.26">James J. Kinneally</a>, Rahway - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meyering-michalski.html#765.82.04">Robert B. Meyner</a>, Phillipsburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/obrien-oconner.html#247.40.71">Edward J. O'Byrne</a>, Paterson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardville-richman.html#687.78.30">Grover C. Richman, Jr.</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#026.82.99">Thelma P. Sharp</a>, Vineland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white6.html#270.17.18">Katharine E. White</a>, Red Bank - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#933.10.87">David T. Wilentz</a>, Perth Amboy - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilsons-winford.html#094.10.26">James D. Winans</a>, South Orange <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/arnold.html#691.33.57">Daniel Arnold</a>, Erlton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kovach-krapohl.html#193.06.45">William B. Kramer</a>, Woodbury - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/onen-orner.html#728.02.93">Samuel P. Orlando</a>, Haddonfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schaffer-scharmer.html#821.62.63">Arthur P. Schalick</a>, Centerton <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/casebolt-caseyjones.html#761.78.02">William F. Casey</a>, Atlantic City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foy-franchot.html#390.55.33">Allie J. Fralinger</a>, Bridgeton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mason.html#076.46.79">Carlton E. Mason</a>, Belleplain - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/popiel-porteous.html#380.11.02">Irene Popper</a>, Absecon <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herbert.html#154.28.96">Harold L. Herbert</a>, Milltown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kidder-kilbourne.html#043.23.36">Paul Kiernan</a>, Long Branch - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/silsbee-simmonds.html#136.71.97">Michael P. Silverman</a>, Lakewood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zimmerman.html#683.52.01">John W. Zimmerman</a>, New Brunswick <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#811.31.42">Michael Chanti</a>, Roebling - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holmes.html#031.64.06">Margaret B. Holmes</a>, Trenton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#483.27.76">Thorn Lord</a>, Lawrence Township, Mercer County - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lord.html#798.59.15">Nina U. Lord</a>, Princeton <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexander.html#650.85.21">Archibald S. Alexander</a>, Bernardsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#346.65.52">Nathan Duff</a>, Woodbridge - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flynn.html#331.46.23">James J. Flynn, Jr.</a>, Perth Amboy - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nolan.html#536.18.29">Robert A. Nolan</a>, Boonton <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcfarlane-mcgavock.html#677.83.56">Josephine M. McGann</a>, Elizabeth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/minore-mitchel.html#723.64.76">Mario G. Mirabelli</a>, Elizabeth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#695.18.04">Sidney H. Stone</a>, Elizabeth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wheelock-whipp.html#075.36.36">Edward L. Whelan</a>, Elizabeth <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boghos-boker.html#918.21.56">Frank W. Bohren</a>, Lambertville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eichelroth-elcan.html#419.77.38">Robert Eichler</a>, Waldwick - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#133.33.04">Lawrence Laganella</a>, Rochelle Park - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rothacker-rowden.html#776.51.03">Harold Roveda</a>, Sussex <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#378.99.26">Richard De Marco</a>, Clifton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duffy.html#502.42.83">Vincent C. Duffy</a>, Paterson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#403.09.04">Edward H. Saltzman</a>, Paterson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#605.48.57">Harry L. Schoen</a>, Paterson <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green1.html#884.94.48">Benjamin Green</a>, Tenafly - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly5.html#466.31.92">Joseph Kelly</a>, North Bergen - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy3.html#181.20.72">Francis J. Murphy</a>, Cliffside Park - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/refermat-reickenback.html#274.96.66">Joseph F. Regan</a>, Edgewater <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#427.65.31">Phelps Phelps</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#202.78.94">John Proto</a>, Bloomfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raab-radway.html#481.10.92">Bernard Rabinowitz</a>, Nutley - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers.html#598.73.58">Frank E. Rodgers</a>, Harrison <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#069.95.13">Salvatore A. Bontempo</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carey.html#935.25.11">Dennis F. Carey</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goldman-gomulka.html#267.37.78">Maclyn S. Goldman</a>, West Orange - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy9.html#847.68.51">Vincent J. Murphy</a>, Newark <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#180.38.18">Harry Lerner</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewandowski-lewine.html#796.71.28">Irwin LeWine</a>, Caldwell - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckeegan-mckenty.html#824.52.87">Edward J. McKenna</a>, Irvington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmahon.html#512.18.61">James J. McMahon</a>, Montclair <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#427.14.60">Louis J. Messano</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/somervell-souter.html#833.39.54">Joseph A. Soriero</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whipple.html#662.46.80">Lawrence A. Whipple</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#640.11.03">Chester J. Wojtycha</a>, Jersey City <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/declouet-degrow.html#078.86.14">John M. Deegan</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagan.html#808.27.58">William J. Flanagan</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gritzmacher-grosfeld.html#109.49.26">John J. Grogan</a>, Hoboken - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#303.43.62">Harry J. Thourot</a>, Union City </ul> Alternates (may be incomplete!) <ul> <li>At-Large: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buffum-bulloch.html#581.86.70">Mrs. James B. Buford</a>, Trenton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark3.html#457.81.81">Edward F. Clark</a>, Bayonne - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#426.71.59">Joseph W. Cowgill</a>, Merchantville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixson-doctrine.html#511.30.25">James Dobbins</a>, Ogdensburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerard-gerrity.html#764.40.11">Martin Gerber</a>, Elizabeth - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gresham-griffey.html#496.56.78">Thomas J. Grieves</a>, Salem - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grossi-grout.html#552.21.45">Anthony J. Grossi</a>, Paterson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson2.html#500.47.38">Cecelia L. Jackson</a>, Collingswood - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keenan.html#887.91.49">John B. Keenan</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee8.html#374.14.69">Thomas Lee</a>, South Plainfield - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lester.html#693.90.32">Richard A. Lester</a>, Princeton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcalpin-mcbrayer.html#168.86.16">Edythe T. McAndrews</a>, New Brunswick - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray5.html#090.85.13">James F. Murray</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#746.58.26">Patsy Pellegrino</a>, Rahway - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanton.html#068.29.31">Everett C. Stanton</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#141.55.46">Thomas C. Swick</a>, Phillipsburg <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rives-rizzo.html#813.34.80">Frank Rizzo</a>, Clarksboro - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smalley-smit.html#116.14.48">B. Harold Smick, Sr.</a>, Quinton <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown9.html#418.02.49">William J. Brown</a>, Tuckahoe - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kraschel-kreutzer.html#208.81.71">Maxwell Kratz</a> <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#952.21.43">George E. Meehan</a>, Spring Lake - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voelker-voorehees.html#086.19.82">Walter J. Vohdin</a>, Old Bridge <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#618.86.34">Herman Belopolsky</a>, Burlington - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hudsonriver-hughan.html#705.75.44">John E. Huff</a>, Trenton <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lambdin-lamy.html#772.04.16">Margaret Mary Lambert</a>, Dunellen - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meredith.html#131.06.07">Arthur S. Meredith</a>, Somerville <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#146.26.81">Jean Krulish</a>, Roselle - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/swindall-swoope.html#270.45.46">Sigmund Swiontkowski</a>, Linden <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#044.81.51">R. Sery Nicosia</a>, East Paterson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quackenbush-quigg.html#634.16.87">Frank Quartier</a>, Lodi <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brookshire-brough.html#375.19.42">Marguerite K. Brophy</a>, West Paterson - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stark.html#034.76.61">Carroll J. Stark</a>, Hawthorne <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/klein.html#604.92.11">Herman G. Klein</a>, Guttenberg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#691.11.81">Louis A. Shiffman</a>, Wallington <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#175.48.20">Ferdinand J. Biunno</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/headden-healey.html#938.49.80">Joseph M. Healey</a>, Kearny <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibbs-giboyeaux.html#251.57.68">John J. Giblin</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelly5.html#622.15.18">James W. Kelly, Jr.</a>, East Orange <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duane-dudkin.html#585.36.49">Harry Dudkin</a>, Newark - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meagher-meek.html#485.67.02">Raphus P. Means</a>, Newark <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carpenter-carper.html#122.62.70">Marcus Carpenter</a>, Jersey City - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcintyre.html#309.53.79">Florence McIntyre</a>, Jersey City <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/archibald-armstead.html#799.45.54">John R. Armellino</a>, West New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kane.html#628.05.01">John J. 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