“New Jersey Senator” Frank Lautenberg Signed 8X10 B&W Photo

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“New Jersey Senator” Frank Lautenberg Signed 8X10 B&W Photo
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Frank Raleigh Lautenberg
(
/ˈlɔːtənbɜːrɡ/
; January 23, 1924 – June 3, 2013) was a businessman and American
Democratic Party
politician who served as
United States Senator
from
New Jersey
from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was originally from
Paterson, New Jersey
. Lautenberg was elected five terms as Senator. He first took office in December 1982 and served three terms, retiring from the Senate in 2001. Called upon to run again one year later due to circumstances surrounding his Senate colleague
Robert Torricelli
's re-election campaign, Lautenberg returned to the Senate in January 2003 and was elected to one additional term in 2008. He died during his second term and remains New Jersey's longest serving senator, with a total of 28 years, 5 months and 8 days in office. Before entering politics, he was an early partner in, and became the chairman and chief executive officer of
Automatic Data Processing
, Inc. In his early years, he served overseas in the
U.S. Army Signal Corps
from 1942 to 1946 as a part of the war effort, and after returning home his interest in
American political events
increased. He has been called "the last of the
New Deal
liberals
" and was known for his legislative efforts against
drunk driving
, and his support of spending for
Amtrak
and
urban public transportation
, for stronger
environmental regulations
, greater
consumer protections
, and investigations of wrongdoing by
Wall Street
.