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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyHenry HELSTOSKI
(1925-1999)
HELSTOSKI, Henry, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Wallington, Bergen County,
N.J., March 21, 1925; attended the Wallington and Rutherford
schools; served in the United States Army Air Corps as instructor
and radio technician, 1943-1945; attended Paterson State College
and graduated from Montclair State Teachers College, B.A., 1947,
and M.A., 1949; teacher, high school principal, and superintendent
of schools in Bergen County, N.J., 1949-1962; served as councilman
of East Rutherford, N.J., in 1956, and as mayor 1957-1965;
management consultant in advertising, 1962-1964; elected as a
Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1965-January 3, 1977); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection as an independent to the Ninety-fifth Congress;
unsuccessful candidate for election as an independent in 1978 to
the Ninety-sixth Congress and as a Democrat for nomination in 1980
to the Ninety-seventh Congress; superintendent, North Bergen
schools, 1981-1985; engaged as a public relations consultant; was a
resident of East Rutherford, N.J., until his death in Wayne, N.J.,
on December 16, 1999.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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