Frank Raleigh Lautenberg ( ; January 23, 1924 - June 3, 2013) is an American politician who served as US Senator from New Jersey as a member of the Democratic Party. He is from Paterson, New Jersey.
Lautenberg was elected to five members as Senator. He first took office in December 1982 and served three terms, retiring from the Senate in 2001. Called to walk again a year later due to circumstances surrounding the election campaign of compatriot Robert Torricelli, Lautenberg returned to the Senate in January 2003 and was elected for an additional term in 2008. He died during his second term. He is also the longest serving senator from New Jersey, having served a total of 28 years, 5 months and 8 days.
Prior to entering politics, he was an early partner in, and became chairman and chief executive officer of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. In his early years, he served abroad at the US Army Signal Corps from 1942 to 1946 as 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 is known for his legislative efforts against drunk driving, and his support for spending on Amtrak and urban public transport, for stronger environmental regulations, greater consumer protection, and an investigation of errors by Wall Street.
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Early life and career
Lautenberg was born in Paterson, New Jersey, son of Mollie (nÃÆ'Ã… © e Bergen) and Sam Lautenberg, Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia, who arrived in the United States as babies. He is named after his maternal grandfather, Frank Bergen, and close family friend and community activist Paterson, Raleigh Weintrob.
When Lautenberg was 19 years old, his father, who worked in a silk factory, sold coal, farmed and once run a shop, died of cancer. His mother then opened a sandwich shop to support the family.
After graduating from Nutley High School in 1941, Lautenberg served abroad at the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1946. Then, financed by GI Bill, he attended and graduated from the Columbia Business School undergraduate program now no longer in operation in 1949 with a degree in economics.
He works as a salesman for Prudential Insurance and is the first salesman in Automatic Data Processing (ADP), a payroll management company. He became CEO of the company in 1975. He was the executive commissioner of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from 1978 to 1982.
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Initial years
Lautenberg contributed to the Democratic candidates for many years. He donated $ 90,000 to George McGovern's campaign for the President in 1972, earning a place on one of Richard Nixon's enemy list. In 1982, he ran for Democratic nomination for the US Senate. He faces nine other candidates: former State Banking Commissioner Angelo Bianchi, former Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello, former Congressman Joseph A. LeFante, labor leader Frank Forst, former Congressman Andrew Maguire, Richard McAleer, businessman Howard Rosen, Princeton Mayor Barbara Boggs Sigmund , and Passaiic County Freeholder Cyril Yannarelli. Maguire is a favorite but Boggs' takes votes from him and Lautenberg spends a large amount of his own money. Lautenberg won by plurality, taking 26% of the vote to 23% Maguire, LeFante 20% and Sigmund 11%.
The seat was occupied by Democrat Harrison A. Williams, who resigned on March 11, 1982, after being involved in the Abscam scandal. After Williams's resignation, Republican Governor Thomas Kean appointed Republican Nicholas F. Brady to the seat. Brady served in the Senate through primary and general elections but did not run for the chair. In the election, Lautenberg faces popular congressman Millicent Fenwick. He ran on a very progressive platform and polls in the summer of 1982 put him in front with 18 points. Even Lautenberg quipped that he was "the most popular candidate in the country." Lautenberg spends more of his own money, eventually spending Fenwick two to one. He stressed the unpopularity of President Reagan, reminding voters that he would be the Republican majority in the Senate and calling Fenwick, 72, "eccentric" and "uncertain", but denied that he was referring to his age. However he indicated that he would be almost 80 by the end of his first term and therefore impossible to gain much seniority in the Senate. Lautenberg won by 51% to 48%, in what was considered a major nuisance. Brady, a few days away in his appointed term, resigned on December 27, 1982, allowing Lautenberg to come to power a few days before the senator's traditional oath, which gave him an edge in seniority over other new senators.
During his first term, Lautenberg promulgated the National Minimum Drinking-Limit Act, passed in 1984. In the same year, he spoke at the National Democratic Party's Convention, though he was overshadowed by the Governor of New York Mario Cuomo, who gave the main talk.
In the 1988 election, Lautenberg was opposed by Wall Street executives, former college football star Brigadier General Pete Dawkins, who won the 1958 Heisman Cup for the Black Knights of the Army. After falling behind in the preliminary poll, the Lautenberg campaign, led by Democratic consultant James Carville, runs an aggressive advertising campaign that mentions the achievement of the Lautenberg legislature and increases the likelihood that Dawkins's candidacy is intended only as a springboard for the presidency, showing a lack of roots in New Jersey. Lautenberg finally came from behind to win re-election, 54% to 46%. The race was crowned as the 17th in American political history by political scientist Kerwin Swint in his book Mudslingers: The 25 Dirtyest Political Campaigns of All Time.
Once reelected, Lautenberg is a member of the Presidential Commission on Aviation and Terrorism Security (PCAST), set up in September 1989 to review and report on aviation security policies in light of the Pan Am Flight 103 sabotage in December. 21, 1988.
Lautenberg was re-elected in the 1994 Republican Revolution, defeating the New Jersey State Chuck Haytaian Assembly by 50% to 47%.
In 1999, two popular Republicans considered fighting Lautenberg: Governor of power Christine Todd Whitman and former Governor Thomas Kean. Polling shows Lautenberg trailing both. Lautenberg also did not get along with his New Jersey Senate counterpart Robert Torricelli, and suspected that he encouraged Whitman to fight him. Torricelli's relationship with Lautenberg is very rocky, especially when Lautenberg directly accused Torricelli of pushing Whitman to challenge him for his Senate seat. Lautenberg expressed his concerns in a meeting with the Democratic Senator in 1999, and Torricelli responded by yelling, "You bastard, and I'll cut your ball!" Lautenberg is also less enthusiastic about the prospect of fundraising for a tiring campaign, and does not want to spend more of his own money.
He announced his resignation in 2000, but denied it because he thought he would lose to Whitman or Kean, said he had been vulnerable in the previous election, and, "Vulnerable Mr. always wins." His fellow Democrat and businessman, Jon Corzine, was chosen to replace him.
election 2002
Almost immediately, Lautenberg regretted his decision, especially after Whitman and Kean did not fight Corzine in the general election (instead, Congressman Bob Franks ran for a seat, and was defeated). He is also said to be missing his days working in the Senate. He had considered canceling his decision and running for re-election, but since his rival, Senator Torricelli, had pushed Corzine to run in first place, Lautenberg would likely have trouble resuming his campaign. Approximately a year after he left the office, however, Lautenberg found a way to return. This way comes at the expense of its old rival.
In 1996, then-Congressman Torricelli won against fellow Congressman Dick Zimmer in an evil campaign to replace the retired Bill Bradley. Intending to run for second term, Torricelli must face Republican Doug Forrester, former West City Urban mayor, in the November 2002 mid-term elections, and he is expected to win, because a Republican has not won election for the Senate seat in New Jersey since Clifford P. Case won the election for his fourth and final term in 1972.
However, Torricelli has faced an ongoing investigation into his activities, particularly concerning a series of campaign contributions he has received. In 2002, the findings of the investigation resulted in Torricelli being indicted on federal corruption charges, and changing the tide of elections against him. Torricelli decided to stop his campaign for re-election, and announced his decision on September 30, 2002. The New Jersey Democratic Party made an offer to retired Senator Bradley, who refused, and to Congressmen Robert Menendez and Frank Pallone, both in the midst of their own campaign for re-election, and thus not available. Finally, the party contacted Lautenberg, who accepted the offer.
Almost immediately, the New Jersey Republicans challenged Torricelli's substitution with Lautenberg, arguing that the time was too close to the election, and, according to New Jersey law, the change could not be tolerated. The unanimous voter name change was endorsed by the New Jersey Supreme Court, which quoted that the law does not provide a situation like Torricelli's, and said that leaving Torricelli at the ballot would be an unfair advantage for Forrester. The US Supreme Court refused to raise the case. Lautenberg defeated Forrester in the election, 54% to 44%, and served for his fourth term in January 2003.
Back in the Senate
Back in the Senate, Lautenberg is once again regarded as one of the most liberal members of the room. He is a pro-choice, supported by gun control, introduces a lot of increased bills for car hijacking and car theft, and criticizes the Bush administration on national security issues. He is heavily involved in various anti-smoking and aviation safety laws. He also sponsors legislation to increase drunk driving fines. He is probably best known as the author of a law that prohibits smoking from most commercial aviation flights. He is also known for writing the Ryan White Care Act, which provides services for AIDS patients. Upon his return to the Senate, Lautenberg was the first US senator to introduce a law requiring internal security funds to be distributed solely on the basis of risk and vulnerability.
In 2005, he became a leading voice in the Senate in calling for Bush administration's payroll administrative payrolls.
When Jon Corzine resigned from the Senate to become New Jersey Governor, Lautenberg became senior senator again in 2006. It also made him the only person who became a junior and senior senator from New Jersey twice each. Lautenberg received "A" at the 2005 Drum Major Institute Congress Scorecard on middle-class issues.
In 2007, Lautenberg proposed Denying Firearms and Explosives for the Dangerous Terrorist Act of 2007, designed to refuse the purchase of weapons by people who had placed the government on a terrorist watchlist. On June 21, 2007, Lautenberg handed Clifford Case the most votes in the Senate from the United States Senator in New Jersey history.
elections 2008
In February 2006, Lautenberg announced its intention to run again in 2008, saying that deciding not to run for reelection in 2000 "was one of the worst decisions of his life." Lautenberg officially announced his candidacy on March 31, 2008. His campaign manager was Brendan W. Gill.
Congressman Steve Rothman and State Senator John Adler both protested the possibility of running, but said they would delay Lautenberg. He personally calls them "body bearers". Finally, both refused to run. Instead, Congressman Rob Andrews announced he would challenge Lautenberg for a re-nomination in the Democratic primary. Also running was Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello, who had fought Lautenberg in the 1982 Senate primary. Andrews runs a poor campaign, "best remembered - if remembered at all - due to his inability." He is also aroused with his voice for the Iraq War. Lautenberg Senate compatriots in New Jersey, Bob Menendez also came to his aid and Lautenberg beat Andrews 59% to 35% in the June 3 primary. He then defeated former congressman Dick Zimmer in an election of 56% to 43%.
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Both opponents mention the age of Lautenberg among reasons to vote against it. Andrews, for example, referred to Lautenberg's 1982 defeat of Millicent Fenwick, where Lautenberg is alleged to have called Fenwick's age (Fenwick was 72 years old at the time; Lautenberg was 84 in 2008). Lautenberg denied him making Fenwick's age a problem, saying he had only ever questioned Fenwick's "ability to do the job."
Last year
In June 2010, Lautenberg compared the devil to Dubai, drawing harsh criticism from several Arab American groups after making comments related to the Dubai Ports World controversy. Lautenberg is quoted as stating, "We will not transfer the title to the devil, and we will not transfer it to Dubai." According to a Foreign Policy article in Focus, Lautenberg defended his statement because of the UAE's refusal to support US policy towards Israel and Iran. According to the Arab American Institute, Lautenberg apologized in a letter after meeting with representatives of the Arab American Institute.
On February 14, 2013, Lautenberg announced he would not seek re-election. In a news conference, Lautenberg joked, "Is it too late to change my mind?" and joked that he would pray "something was wrong" so he could be called to run again.
At the time of his death due to viral pneumonia at age 89, Lautenberg was the oldest senator serving and the remaining World War II veterans in the Senate.
Committees assignment
Frank Lautenberg married Lois Levenson in 1956, with whom he had four children: Ellen, Nan, Lisa, and Joshua. Their 31-year marriage ended in a divorce, in 1988. On January 25, 2004, he married his nearly 16-year-old colleague, Bonnie S. Englebardt. He also has two stepchildren, Danielle Englebardt and Lara Englebardt Metz with Bonnie; and 13 grandchildren.
Lautenberg lived in Montclair, New Jersey for much of his Senate career and last stayed near Cliffside Park.
Health
On February 19, 2010, his office announced that Lautenberg had been diagnosed with large spread bone lymphoma (aggressive but curable breast cancer that appeared in organs like the stomach) at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He had been hospitalized with severe stomach bleeding after falling in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, his home shortly after returning from a Haiti trip with 12 members of the Congress delegation. She was released from hospital on February 25, 2010. Six to eight chemotherapy treatments from an intensive R-CHOP regimen followed every 21 days for several months, and a doctor for Lautenberg at the time said full recovery was expected. Lautenberg resumed his Senate work between treatments. On June 26, 2010, the senator announced that he was cancer-free.
Wealth
In 2010, Lautenberg's wealth was estimated at between $ 55 million and $ 116.1 million, making him the fifth richest senator. Lautenberg began collecting modern art after his election to the Senate, many of which were sold after his death.
Death
Lautenberg died at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan on June 3, 2013, due to viral pneumonia. He is 89 years old.
Lautenberg was returned to Washington by the Amtrak cemetery. "Amtrak is honored to be chosen to bring him back to Washington, DC for the last time," wrote Chairman of the Amtrak Tony Cosica and President/CEO of Joseph Boardman in a joint statement of condolence, "Thank you Senator Lautenberg for your service to the nation."
On June 6, 2013, his body lay in a resting position over Lincoln Catafalque inside the Senate room on the Capitol. He was buried on June 7, 2013, with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
The United States House of Representatives delivers on September 20, 2013, an expenditure bill, H.J.Res.59 - Continuation of the Resolution Adjustment, 2014, under review by the United States Senate. This includes a $ 174,000 duty-free tax death allowance to his widow. The payment of an annual salary to the widow or family member of a deceased parliamentarian is an old tradition for the United States Congress which will return to the 1800s.
Succession
On June 4, 2013, Governor Chris Christie announced that a special election to fill the vacant Senate seat will be held on October 16, 2013. A special primer, won by Cory Booker as Democrat and Steve Lonegan as a Republican candidate, was held on 13 August 2013.
On June 6, 2013, Christie appointed New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa to fill the Senate seat until the chosen winners can be sworn in.
On October 17, 2013, Democrat Cory Booker announced the winner of a special election.
Frank R. Lautenberg Deep Sea Protection Area
Frank Sea Lautberg's Deep Sea Protection Area is an offshore protected area for deep-sea corals off the coast of the United States Mid-Atlantic states, established in 2016 and named after Lautenberg.
Election history
Results of the Lautenberg election to the US Senate:
- 1982 elections for the US Senate
- Frank Lautenberg (D), 50%
- Millicent Fenwick (R), 48%
- 1988 elections for the US Senate
- Frank Lautenberg (D) (inc.), 54%
- Pete Dawkins (R), 46%
- 1994 elections for the US Senate
- Frank Lautenberg (D) (inc.), 50%
- Chuck Haytaian (R), 47%
- Michael P. Kelly (Keep America First) 0.7%
- Ben Grindlinger (Libertarian) 0.7%
- Richard Pezzullo (Conservative) 0.4%
- Andrea Lippi (Jobs, Proprietary) 0.3%
- George Patrick Predham (Bad Sellers) 0.2%
- Joanne Kuniansky (Socialist Labor Party) 0.2%
- Arlene Gold (Natural Law Party) 0.2%
- 2002 Election for US Senate
- Frank Lautenberg (D), 54%
- Doug Forrester (R), 44%
- 2008 Election for US Senate
- Frank Lautenberg (D) (inc.), 56%
- Dick Zimmer (R), 42%
Also see
Reference
External links
- United States Senator Frank Lautenberg US Senate Site
- Biography of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Profiles in Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Rules sponsored in the Library of Congress
- Oral history interviews with Frank Lautenberg, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Lautenberg helped establish early payroll services, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) and serves as chairman and CEO.
- Reminder addresses and other remuneration, held in the Senate and the People's Legislative Assembly
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