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Lynch Jr.</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">109th President of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">New Jersey Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 9, 1990 – January 14, 1992</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_F._Russo" title="John F. Russo">John F. Russo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_DiFrancesco" title="Donald DiFrancesco">Donald DiFrancesco</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">New Jersey Senate</a></span><br />from the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_17th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 17th legislative district">17th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 12, 1982 – January 8, 2002</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_J._Hamilton" title="William J. Hamilton">William J. Hamilton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Smith_(New_Jersey_state_senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Smith (New Jersey state senator)">Bob Smith</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Minority Leader of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">New Jersey Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 14, 1992 – January 13, 1998</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_H._Dorsey" title="John H. Dorsey">John H. Dorsey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Codey" title="Richard Codey">Richard Codey</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">61st <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey">Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1979–1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Gilbert L. Nelson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">James M. Cahill</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1938-10-21</span>) </span>October 21, 1938<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 86)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick, New Jersey</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="College of the Holy Cross">College of the Holy Cross</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University" title="Georgetown University">Georgetown University</a> (<a href="/wiki/LLB" class="mw-redirect" title="LLB">LLB</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John A. Lynch Jr.</b> (born October 21, 1938)<sup id="cite_ref-Myers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Myers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> politician from <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, who served in the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">New Jersey Senate</a> from 1982 to 2002, where he represented the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_17th_legislative_district" title="New Jersey's 17th legislative district">17th Legislative District</a>, and was Senate President from 1990 to 1992. </p><p>He was also the 61st <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey">Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey</a> from 1979 to 1991. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_A._Lynch_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lynch was born in New Brunswick in 1938, the son of <a href="/wiki/John_A._Lynch,_Sr." class="mw-redirect" title="John A. Lynch, Sr.">John A. Lynch, Sr.</a> and Evelyn Rooney.<sup id="cite_ref-Myers_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Myers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father also served as both Mayor of New Brunswick and State Senator from <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Middlesex County, New Jersey">Middlesex County</a> (7th District). Lynch played prep basketball at <a href="/wiki/St._Peter_the_Apostle_High_School" title="St. Peter the Apostle High School">St. Peter the Apostle High School</a>, a key player on a team that was the runner-up in the 1956 Parochial A state championship.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="College of the Holy Cross">College of the Holy Cross</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Georgetown_University_Law_Center" title="Georgetown University Law Center">Georgetown University Law Center</a>. </p><p>Lynch was chosen in December 1989 to serve as Senate President,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a position he held until 1991, when Republicans took control of the Senate. In 1997, after an unsuccessful effort to regain Democratic Party control of the Senate, Lynch stepped down from his position as the Minority Leader.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bob_Smith_(New_Jersey_state_senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Smith (New Jersey state senator)">Bob Smith</a> was elected in November 2001 to fill the seat vacated after Lynch retired.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corruption">Corruption</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_A._Lynch_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Corruption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Attorney_for_the_District_of_New_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey">U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey</a> began investigating Lynch in the mid-2000s for his business dealings. On September 15, 2006, Lynch pleaded guilty in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_New_Jersey" title="United States District Court for the District of New Jersey">U.S. District Court</a> on one count of <a href="/wiki/Mail_fraud" class="mw-redirect" title="Mail fraud">mail fraud</a> and one count of <a href="/wiki/Tax_avoidance_and_tax_evasion" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax avoidance and tax evasion">tax evasion</a> for failing to report $150,000 in income received from a real estate transaction in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 19, 2006, he was sentenced by Judge <a href="/wiki/Stanley_R._Chesler" title="Stanley R. Chesler">Stanley R. Chesler</a> to three years and three months in prison, which he was required to begin serving by January 15, 2007. Lynch was also required to pay a $50,000 fine.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He had faced up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each count of the indictment. However, based on <a href="/wiki/Federal_Sentencing_Guidelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Sentencing Guidelines">Federal Sentencing Guidelines</a>, a sentence of between 33 and 41 months in prison and a fine of between $7,500 to $75,000 was expected. As of December 14, 2006, the court received 172 letters from citizens seeking leniency.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lynch served two and a half years at <a href="/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Loretto" title="Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto">Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto</a> before being transferred to a halfway house in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a> in June 2009. 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Vol. 5. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 733.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Story+of+New+Jersey&rft.pages=733&rft.pub=Lewis+Historical+Publishing+Company&rft.date=1945&rft.aulast=Myers&rft.aufirst=William+Starr&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DX-cMAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+A.+Lynch+Jr." class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/image/225018755/">"Lynch"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Courier_News" title="Courier News">Courier News</a></i>, October 24, 2004. Accessed January 20, 2021, via <a href="/wiki/Newspapers.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspapers.com">Newspapers.com</a>. "Lynch, whose great-great-grandfather, Patrick Corrigan, emigrated from Ireland to New Brunswick in 1840 and helped construct the city's first sewer system, graduated from St. Peter's High School. There, at 5-foot-7, he was the sixth man on the 1955-56 basketball team that advanced to the state finals."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">McCoy, Craig R. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29FB474905722&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM">"Democrats Elect Lynch to Senate's Tob Job"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Inquirer" title="The Philadelphia Inquirer">The Philadelphia Inquirer</a></i>, December 12, 1989. Accessed April 23, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Peterson, Melody. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E1DA1539F93BA35752C1A961958260">"Senator Quits Minority Post In New Jersey"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, November 8, 1997. Accessed April 23, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ackerman, Spencer. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20110807070922/http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2001/10/30/News/To.Fill.Lynchs.Big.Shoes.Smith.Stresses.Education-135350.shtml">"To fill Lynch's big shoes, Smith stresses education"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Targum" title="The Daily Targum">The Daily Targum</a></i>, October 30, 2001. Accessed April 23, 2008. "Now, Assemblyman and former Piscataway Mayor Bob Smith is looking to take over for retiring State Sen. John Lynch, the powerful democrat castigated by his detractors as running 'the Lynch machine'."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/09/15/nyregion/15lynch.html">Guilty Plea Expected From Former Senate Leader in Trenton</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, September 15, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwNDEwNzMmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky">"Former politician Lynch sentenced"</a>, <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>, December 19, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061215/NEWS03/612150357/1007">"Judge urged to show compassion in Lynch case"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Asbury_Park_Press" title="Asbury Park Press">Asbury Park Press</a></i>, December 15, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/former_state_sen_john_lynch_sc.html">"Ex-N.J. Sen. John Lynch set to finish corruption sentence at Newark halfway house"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/NJ.com" title="NJ.com">NJ.com</a></i>. November 12, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-03-24</span></span>. <q>After 39 months as a federal inmate, former state Senate President John A. 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