John A. Lynch Sr. (March 10, 1908 – March 3, 1978) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the
New Jersey Senate
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city (New Jersey), city in and the county seat of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.St. Peter the Apostle High School in New Brunswick in 1925, he entered
Fordham University
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. He transferred to
Fordham University School of Law
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According to Fordham University School of Law's ABA- ...
, graduating in 1929 with a
Bachelor of Laws
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degree. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in October 1929. He clerked with
New Jersey Supreme Court
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Justice Peter F. Daly and became a trial lawyer in New Brunswick.
On October 13, 1934, Lynch married Evelyn Rooney, daughter of Joseph Rooney and Helen Ware. They had five children: Barbara Ann,
John A. Lynch, Jr.
John A. Lynch Jr. (born October 21, 1938) is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1982 to 2002, where he represented the 17th Legislative District, and was Senate President from 1990 ...
, William J., Mary-Lynn, and Gerald M. Lynch.
John A. Lynch, Jr.
John A. Lynch Jr. (born October 21, 1938) is an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1982 to 2002, where he represented the 17th Legislative District, and was Senate President from 1990 ...
would also serve as State Senator and Mayor of New Brunswick.
From 1935 to 1941 he served as police recorder of the city of New Brunswick. He then served as prosecutor of pleas for Middlesex County from 1941 to 1946. In 1946 he was elected to the New Brunswick Board of Commissioners, and then became mayor in 1951, serving until 1955.
In 1955 he was elected to the first of seven terms to the
New Jersey Senate
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. In 1966 he was selected as Senate President, serving as Acting Governor in the absence of Governor
Richard J. Hughes
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.
Lynch continued to serve in the Senate while suffering from
cancer
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in the last four years of his life. He died at Whitestone Hospital in
Queens
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,
New York City
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, on March 3, 1978, a week before his 70th birthday.
Raritan River
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The Political Graveyard
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