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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyPeter Wallace RODINO, Jr.
(1909-2005)
RODINO, Peter Wallace,
Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., June 7, 1909; attended the McKinley Grammar School
and Barringer High School; graduated from the University of Newark
and from the New Jersey Law School in 1937; was admitted to the bar
in 1938; lawyer, private practice; teacher, public speaking and
citizenship classes, Y.M.C.A. and Federation of Clubs, Newark,
N.J., 1930-1932; managing editor of the Jersey Review in 1934 and
1935; United States Army, 1941-1946; served with the First Armored
Division in North Africa and Italy and on military missions with
the Italian Army; awarded Bronze Star for military operations, War
Cross, and Knight of Order of Crown from Italy; unsuccessful
candidate in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; elected as a Democrat
to the Eighty-first and to the nineteen succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1949-January 3, 1989); one of the managers appointed by
the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment
proceedings against Harry E. Claiborne, judge of the United States
District Court for Nevada; one of the managers appointed by the
House of Representatives in 1988 to conduct the impeachment
proceedings against Alcee Lamar Hastings, judge of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Florida;
chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Ninety-third through One
Hundredth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1988
to the One Hundred First Congress; professor, Seton Hall University
Law School, Newark, N.J., 1989 to 2005; died on May 7, 2005, in
West Orange, N.J; interment in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East
Hanover, Morris County, N.J.
Bibliography
Fields, Howard. High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Dramatic Story
of the Rodino Committee. New York: W.W. Norton and Company,
1978.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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