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Birth | 28 May 1926 | |
Death | 4 May 2015 (aged 88 years) | |
Star sign | Gemini |
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John Joseph "Jack" Wilson (May 28, 1926 – May 4, 2015) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1958 to 1964.
He was a graduate of Saint Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey, Seton Hall University, and Seton Hall Law School. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and as a Military Police Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
A resident of Westfield, New Jersey. he was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1957, and was re-elected in 1959 and 1961. In 1963, he sought the Democratic nomination for the New Jersey State Senate, but lost the primary to his Assembly colleague, James M. McGowan.