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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyClifford Philip CASE
(1904-1982)
Senate Years of Service:
1955-1979Party: RepublicanCASE, Clifford Philip, a
Representative and a Senator from New Jersey; born in Franklin
Park, Somerset County, N.J., April 16, 1904; attended the public
schools of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; graduated from Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, N.J., in 1925 and from Columbia University Law
School, New York City, in 1928; admitted to the bar in 1928 and
commenced practice in New York City; member of the Rahway (N.J.)
Common Council 1938-1942; member, New Jersey house of assembly
1943-1944; trustee of Rutgers University; elected as a Republican
to the Seventy-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses, and
served from January 3, 1945, until his resignation August 16, 1953;
president of The Fund for the Republic 1953-1954; elected as a
Republican to the United States Senate in 1954; reelected in 1960,
1966, and again in 1972 and served from January 3, 1955, to January
3, 1979; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1978; resumed
the practice of law; lecturer at Rutgers University’s
Eagleton Institute of Politics; resided in Rahway, N.J., until his
death in Washington, D.C., on March 5, 1982; interment at New
Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Scribner Encyclopedia of
American Lives; Case, Clifford. ‘Changing Role of
Congress: The Growing Concern with the Legislative Process.’
George Washington Law Review 32 (June 1964): 929-31; Case,
Clifford. ‘Congress and the Double Standard.’
Federal Bar Journal 24 (Summer 1964): 257-63.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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