William B. Widnall
William B. Widnall | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's7thdistrict | |
| In office February 6, 1950 – December 31, 1974 | |
| Preceded by | J. Parnell Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Maguire |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 17, 1906 Hackensack, New Jersey,US |
| Died | December 28, 1983(aged 77) Ridgewood, New Jersey,US |
| Political party | Republican |
William Beck Widnall(March 17, 1906 – December 28, 1983) was aRepublican Partypolitician who served as a member of theUnited States House of Representativesfor 24 years representingNew Jersey's 7th congressional district.
Born inHackensack, New Jersey,Widnall attended public schools, graduating fromHackensack High Schoolin 1922. He graduated fromBrown Universityin 1926 with aPh.B.degree and went on to receive a law degree from the New Jersey Law School (nowRutgers School of Law–Newark) in 1931.[1]
Widnall then practiced law in Hackensack and served in theNew Jersey General Assemblyfrom 1946 to 1950. He was elected to Congress on February 6, 1950, in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofJ. Parnell Thomas,who had been convicted and sentenced to federal prison for corruption. He opposed building theKennedy Centerin its current location as being too difficult to reach and not attached to the largerMetro system.[2]Widnall served until his own resignation from Congress on December 31, 1974, following his failed reelection bid in 1974. Widnall voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957,[3]1960,[4]1964,[5]and1968,[6]and theVoting Rights Act of 1965.[7]
After leaving Congress, Widnall served as chairman of theNational Commission of Electronic Fund Transfersfrom November 1975 to 1981.
A longtime resident ofSaddle River, New Jersey,Widnall died at a nursing home inRidgewood, New Jersey,on December 28, 1983, at the age of 77 due toatherosclerosisandParkinson's disease.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"The Nomination of William B. Widnall to be Chairman of the Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers; October 23, 1975",Rutgers Law School.Accessed November 17, 2017. "Education: Hackensack, New Jersey public school system; Graduated from Hackensack High School, 1922; Graduated from Brown University, PhB 1926; Graduated from New Jersey Law School (Now Rutgers University) LLB 1931."
- ^Tom (2013-06-25)."Proposed Kennedy Center Metro Stop Too Expensive".Ghosts of DC.Retrieved2019-02-19.
- ^"HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957".GovTrack.us.
- ^"HR 8601. PASSAGE".
- ^"H.R. 7152. PASSAGE".
- ^"TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES".
- ^"TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT".
- ^Cook, Joan."Ex-Rep. William B. Windall; Served In House For 25 Years",The New York Times,December 30, 1983. Accessed November 17, 2017. "William Beck Widnall, a New Jersey Republican who represented northern Bergen County in the House of Representatives for 25 years, died Wednesday in a Ridgewood nursing home after a long illness. He was 77 years old and lived in Saddle River, N.J., until he became ill."
External links
[edit]- United States Congress."William B. Widnall (id: W000445)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly
- Brown University alumni
- Hackensack High School alumni
- Rutgers School of Law–Newark alumni
- 1906 births
- 1983 deaths
- People from Saddle River, New Jersey
- Politicians from Hackensack, New Jersey
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- 20th-century American legislators
- Burials at Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Hawthorne, New York)
- 20th-century New Jersey politicians