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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Law Enforcement in New Jersey</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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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Acosta (1925-2014)</b> — of Hackensack, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J.; San Juan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/SJ-lived.html">San Juan Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/05-31.html">May 31, 1925</a>. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <b>FBI special agent</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Puerto Rico</a>, 1980-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Puerto Rico</a>, 1982-94; took senior status 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/hispanic.html">Hispanic</a> ancestry. Died in Chapin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/LX-died.html">Lexington County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/12-23.html">December 23, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 206 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Ramon Acosta and Carmen Acosta; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/11-02.html">November 2, 1957</a>, to Marie Hatcher.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=6&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond L. Acosta">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Cullen Bryant (1849-1905)</b> — of Brooklyn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-lived.html">Kings County</a>, N.Y. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/08-01.html">August 1, 1849</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper publisher</a>; Brooklyn <b>Fire Commissioner</b>, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/NY.html">1900</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">apoplexy</a>, in Dr. Cooley's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Sanitarium</a>, Plainfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-died.html">Union County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/02-15.html">February 15, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 198 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/KI-buried.html#cms02622">Cypress Hills National Cemetery</a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/">1872</a> to Julia M. Peters; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1889/06-03.html">June 3, 1889</a>, to Mary Whiting Peters.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/93641991">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Benjamin H. Crosby (b. 1859)</b> — of Tuckerton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/OC-lived.html">Ocean County</a>, N.J. Born in Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-born.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/01-17.html">January 17, 1859</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/printing.html">Printer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <b>fire chief</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Ocean County, 1908-10. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/crosby.html#478.31.54">Harrison W. Crosby</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Scott K. Evans (b. 1965)</b> — of Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/09-08.html">September 8, 1965</a>. Democrat. <b>Fire fighter</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/atlanticcity.html">mayor of Atlantic City, N.J.</a>, 2007-08; defeated in primary, 2003. Still living as of 2008. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott Evans (politician)">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Emerson Fraser (1916-1950)</b> — also known as <b>James E. Fraser</b>; <b>"Sonny"</b> — of Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-lived.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/08-04.html">August 4, 1916</a>. <b>Deputy sheriff</b>; secretary to State Sen. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farley.html#772.37.39">Frank S. Farley</a>, 1944; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Atlantic County, 1948-50; died in office 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the New Jersey State House of Assembly</a>, 1950; died in office 1950. Champion amateur golfer. Confined to a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">wheelchair</a> starting in 1949. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">Hodgkin's disease</a>, in Atlantic City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-died.html">Atlantic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/08-29.html">August 29, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/34.html">34 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/AT-buried.html# ">Absecon Presbyterian Church Cemetery</a>, Absecon, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Jim 'Jolly Jim' Fraser and Milly Fraser; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/">1944</a> to Madolin Martha Vautrinot.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73956441">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Louis Joseph Freeh (b. 1950)</b> — also known as <b>Louis J. Freeh</b> — of New York. Born in Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-born.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/01-06.html">January 6, 1950</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <b>FBI agent</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1991-93; director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis Freeh">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/029/000024954">NNDB dossier</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by Louis J. Freeh:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312321902/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0312321902&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror</a> (2006)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Richard J. Gerbounka (b. 1945)</b> — of Linden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Born in Jersey City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-born.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-19.html">November 19, 1945</a>. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; <b>police officer</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/linden.html">mayor of Linden, N.J.</a>, 2007-14; defeated (Independent), 2014. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Dorothy Book.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=194177">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kenneth A. Gewertz (1934-2006)</b> — of Deptford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/12-01.html">December 1, 1934</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/hardware.html">Building supply and hardware business</a>; <b>police chief</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/deptford-twp.html">mayor of Deptford Township, N.J.</a>, 1969-72; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a>, 1972-79 (District 3-B 1972-73, 4th District 1974-79). Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Orlando, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/12-12.html">December 12, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 11 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/turner5.html#192.10.86">James M. Turner</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth A. Gewertz">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Edmund Hunt (1908-1989)</b> — also known as <b>John E. Hunt</b> — of Pitman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-lived.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J. Born in Lambertville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-born.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/11-25.html">November 25, 1908</a>. Republican. <b>State police trooper</b>; major in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-officials.html">Gloucester County Sheriff</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a>, 1964-66 (Gloucester County 1964-65, District 1 1966); delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/NJ.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NJ.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 1st District, 1967-75; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NJ.html">New Jersey Republican State Committee</a>, 1976. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/index.html">1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000972">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405816">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas Lemuel James (1831-1916)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas L. James</b> — of Tenafly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Utica, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OE-born.html">Oneida County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/03-29.html">March 29, 1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nautical.html">Canal toll collector</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <b>customs inspector</b>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/newyorkcity.html#2">New York City, N.Y.</a>, 1873-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Postmaster General</a>, 1881-82; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">bank director</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/tenafly.html">mayor of Tenafly, N.J.</a>, 1896. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/welsh.html">Welsh</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/union-league.html">Union League</a>. Died, following several <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">strokes of apoplexy</a>, in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/09-11.html">September 11, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 166 days</a>). Entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-buried.html#cms04149">Church of the Heavenly Rest</a>, Manhattan, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William James and Jane Maria (Price) James; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1852/">1852</a> to Emily Ida Freeburn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/04-29.html">April 29, 1896</a>, to Jeane (Freeburn) Barden; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/02-03.html">February 3, 1904</a>, to Edith Colbourne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/05-10.html">May 10, 1911</a>, to Flora (MacDonnell) Gaffney; father of Ella James (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearson.html#691.36.18">Henry George Pearson</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Lemuel James">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12739703">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomas M. Kennedy</b> — of Hoboken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. <b>Police officer</b>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/hoboken.html">mayor of Hoboken, N.J.</a>, 1985. Still living as of 1985. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>George Gordon Battle Liddy (1930-2021)</b> — also known as <b>G. Gordon Liddy</b> — Born in Hoboken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-born.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/11-30.html">November 30, 1930</a>. Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <b>FBI agent</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 28th District, 1968; organized and directed the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/burglary.html">burglaries</a> of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex in May and June 1972; the resulting Watergate <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">scandal</a> led to President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nixon.html#870.67.93">Richard Nixon</a>'s resignation in 1974; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> on charges of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/burglary.html">burglary</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/other-crimes.html">wiretapping</a>; sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $40,000; released in 1977 after serving four and a half years; became a popular <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio talk show host</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Died in Mt. Vernon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-died.html">Fairfax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2021/03-30.html">March 30, 2021</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 120 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-buried.html#cms02823">St. Peter's Cemetery</a>, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sylvester James Liddy and Maria (Abbaticchio) Liddy; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1957/11-09.html">November 9, 1957</a>, to Frances Ann Purcell; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewison-lifshitz.html#071.37.41">Tom Liddy</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G. Gordon Liddy">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/349/000023280">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005147">Internet Movie Database profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/225143750">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=45313">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John L. Montgomery (b. 1885)</b> — of Red Bank, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Born in Hersman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/BR-born.html">Brown County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-06.html">May 6, 1885</a>. <b>Probation officer</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Monmouth County, 1947. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Gladys Hardy.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Clarence V. Mooney (c.1888-1944)</b> — of Asbury Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Born in Spring Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-born.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., about 1888. <b>Police officer</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asburypark.html">mayor of Asbury Park, N.J.</a>, 1941-44; died in office 1944. Suffered a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, and died soon after, in Fitkin <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Asbury Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-died.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/01-13.html">January 13, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">about 56 years</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Paul John Moore (1868-1938)</b> — also known as <b>Paul J. Moore</b> — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/08-05.html">August 5, 1868</a>. Democrat. <b>Fire fighter</b>; <b>fire chief</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Jersey</a> 8th District, 1927-29; defeated, 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NJ.html">1928</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/index.html">1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">about 69 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-buried.html#cms02786">Holy Sepulchre Cemetery</a>, East Orange, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000912">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407884">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ronald L. Rice (b. 1945)</b> — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-born.html">Richmond</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/12-18.html">December 18, 1945</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; <b>police detective</b>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> 28th District, 1996-; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/newark.html">mayor of Newark, N.J.</a>, 2006. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2011. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rice.html#358.65.98">Ronald C. Rice</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=4770">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>David Roberts (b. 1956)</b> — of Hoboken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/07-14.html">July 14, 1956</a>. <b>Fire fighter</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate developer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/hoboken.html">mayor of Hoboken, N.J.</a>, 2001-. Still living as of 2008. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/">1984</a> to Anna Maria LaMastra.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David Roberts %28mayor%29">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Augustus W. Schwartz (b. 1867)</b> — of Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Born in Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/01-04.html">January 4, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper advertising manager</a>; <b>fire fighter</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coal-ice-fuel.html">coal</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/masonry.html">masons' supplies</a> dealer; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Union County, 1909-10. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-arch-masons.html">Royal Arch Masons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/royal-select-masters.html">Royal and Select Masters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/foresters.html">Independent Order of Foresters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Isaac R. Srope (c.1802-1862)</b> — of Kingwood Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-lived.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J.; Frenchtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-lived.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J. Born about 1802. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/horsedrawn.html">Blacksmith</a>; <b>deputy sheriff</b>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Hunterdon County, 1841-42, 1846-47; common pleas court judge in New Jersey, 1850. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/typhoid-fever.html">typhoid fever</a>, Frenchtown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HN-died.html">Hunterdon County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/04-14.html">April 14, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). 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