Haydn Proctor
Haydn Proctor | |
|---|---|
| Associate Justice of theNew Jersey Supreme Court | |
| In office October 28, 1957 – 1973 | |
| Preceded by | A. Dayton Oliphant |
| Succeeded by | Morris Pashman |
| Member of theNew Jersey SenatefromMonmouth County | |
| In office 1939–1948 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Durand |
| Succeeded by | J. Stanley Herbert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 16, 1903 Ocean Grove, New Jersey |
| Died | October 2, 1996(aged 93) Lakewood, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Neptune High School |
| Alma mater | Lafayette College Yale Law School |
Haydn Proctor(June 16, 1903 – October 2, 1996) was an American politician and judge who served as President of theNew Jersey Senateand Associate Justice of theNew Jersey Supreme Court.
Biography
[edit]Proctor was born in 1903 in theOcean Grovesection ofNeptune Township, New Jersey.He attendedNeptune High School,graduating in 1922, andLafayette College,graduating in 1926. He went on toYale Law School,where he was associate editor of theYale Law Journal,earning his law degree in 1929. He servedMonmouth Countyas aRepublicanmember of theNew Jersey General Assemblyin 1936 and 1937. In 1937 he was appointed Judge of the District Court of the First Judicial District of Monmouth County.[1]
He was elected to theNew Jersey Senatein 1938 and was reelected in 1941 and 1944. He was majority leader of the Senate in 1945 and Senate President in 1946, serving as Acting Governor in the absence of GovernorWalter Evans Edge.Governor Edge nominated him to a vacancy on the Circuit Court in December 1946, and he was sworn in after the end of his Senate term in March 1947. He was a delegate to the New JerseyConstitutional conventionof 1947. He became a Superior Court Judge in September 1948 and was reappointed by GovernorAlfred E. Driscollin 1953.[1]
In August 1957, GovernorRobert B. Meynerappointed Proctor to be an associate justice of theNew Jersey Supreme Court.He was confirmed immediately by the State Senate and began serving in October 1957, after the retirement of JusticeA. Dayton Oliphant.He was reappointed by GovernorRichard J. Hughesin 1964.[1]and served during the era known as theWeintraub Court.
In 1973, Proctor left the bench after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. He served on the Supreme Court's Committee on Opinions until he was 87. He died in 1996 at the age of 93 at a hospital near his home inLakewood Township.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcManual of the Legislature of New Jersey.J.A. Fitzgerald. 1971. pp. 246–7.
- ^"Haydn Proctor, 93, a Judge And New Jersey State Senator".The New York Times.1996-10-05.Retrieved2009-11-28.
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- 1903 births
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- People from Neptune Township, New Jersey
- Neptune High School alumni
- Lafayette College alumni
- Yale Law School alumni
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- Republican Party New Jersey state senators
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