John F. Russo
| John F. Russo | |
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| President of the New Jersey Senate | |
| In office January 14, 1986 – January 9, 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Carmen A. Orechio |
| Succeeded by | John A. Lynch Jr. |
| Member of the New Jersey Senate |
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| In office January 8, 1974 – January 14, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Andrew R. Ciesla |
| Constituency | 9th district (1974–82) 10th district (1982–92) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 11, 1933 Asbury Park, New Jersey |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Toms River, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
John F. Russo (11 July 1933 – 12 August 2017) was an American politician and attorney from New Jersey, who served in the New Jersey Senate and was Senate President.
Early life and education
Russo was born in Asbury Park and was a resident of Toms River. He was a 1955 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1958.
Career
He served for nine years as an assistant prosecutor in Ocean County, and was first elected to the State Senate in 1973.[1]
In the Senate, Russo served on the Joint Committee on Appropriations and a Special Sub-Committee on Tax Reform and was the chair of the Committee on Energy, Agriculture and Environment and the Senate Judiciary Committee. In 1982, he wrote a bill reinstating capital punishment in New Jersey.[2] Russo served as Senate President from 1986 to 1990.[3]
Russo ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 1985, placing second behind nominee Peter Shapiro, who was in turn soundly defeated by Thomas Kean in the general election.[1]
Following his retirement from the Senate, Russo was a partner at the Princeton Public Affairs Group.[3] In 2007, while a bill was proposed that would abolish capital punishment in the state, he sat on the Death Penalty Study Commission and testified against passage of the bill.
Death
Russo died on August 12, 2017 of esophageal cancer at the age of 84.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sullivan, Joseph F. "IN NEW JERSEY, AN EARLY ENTRY FOR GOVERNOR", The New York Times, June 16, 1987. Accessed April 25, 2008.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | President of the New Jersey Senate 1986-1990 |
Succeeded by John A. Lynch, Jr. |
| New Jersey Senate | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 10th district 1982–1992 |
Succeeded by Andrew R. Ciesla |
| Preceded by
District created
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Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 9th district 1974–1982 |
Succeeded by Leonard T. Connors |
- 1933 births
- 2017 deaths
- Columbia Law School alumni
- People from Asbury Park, New Jersey
- People from Toms River, New Jersey
- Presidents of the New Jersey Senate
- University of Notre Dame alumni
- New Jersey Democrats
- New Jersey lawyers
- Deaths from cancer in New Jersey
- Deaths from esophageal cancer
- 20th-century American lawyers
