In 1983, Jackman was elected to the New Jersey Senate, following the conviction of William Musto on racketeering charges. He was reelected in 1987 and became deputy majority leader. In 1991 he died of cancer at The University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey.[2]Bob Menendez, then serving in the Assembly, was appointed to fill the vacant seat in March 1991 and was elected to a full term the following November.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Our Campaigns - Candidate - Christopher J. Jackman".
^ ab"Christopher Jackman Dies at 74" .The New York Times, January 30, 1991. Accessed March 17, 2008.
^ abSharp, James Roger and Nancy Weatherly Sharp. American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast, 1911-1994. Greenwood Press, 2000.
^New Jersey, Senate & Presidential Elections 2008 Results & Polls 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, NJ.com. Accessed March 17, 2008.
christopher, jackman, christopher, jackman, july, 1916, january, 1991, american, democratic, party, politician, from, jersey, served, both, houses, jersey, legislature, speaker, jersey, general, assembly, from, 1978, until, 1982, life, career, editjackman, bor. Christopher J Jackman July 12 1916 January 28 1991 was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature 1 He was Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1978 until 1982 Life and career editJackman was born in New York City in 1916 He attended public schools in West New York New Jersey and took labor classes at Rutgers University and Cornell University A longtime labor advocate he became vice president of the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers and its successor the United Paperworkers International Union He sat on the executive board of the New Jersey AFL CIO 2 3 Jackman was chairman of the West New York Housing Authority from 1952 to 1959 He was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly from Hudson County in 1967 He became majority leader in 1977 and speaker in 1978 serving in the latter position until 1982 when he was replaced by Alan Karcher He was a delegate to the 1980 Democratic National Convention 3 In 1983 Jackman was elected to the New Jersey Senate following the conviction of William Musto on racketeering charges He was reelected in 1987 and became deputy majority leader In 1991 he died of cancer at The University Hospital in Newark New Jersey 2 Bob Menendez then serving in the Assembly was appointed to fill the vacant seat in March 1991 and was elected to a full term the following November 4 References edit Our Campaigns Candidate Christopher J Jackman a b Christopher Jackman Dies at 74 The New York Times January 30 1991 Accessed March 17 2008 a b Sharp James Roger and Nancy Weatherly Sharp American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast 1911 1994 Greenwood Press 2000 New Jersey Senate amp Presidential Elections 2008 Results amp Polls Archived 2011 07 14 at the Wayback Machine NJ com Accessed March 17 2008 External links editBiographical information for Christopher J Jackman from The Political Graveyard New Jersey General Assembly Preceded byConstituency established Member of the New Jersey General Assemblyfrom the 12C district1968 1970 Served alongside Michael P Esposito Succeeded byFrank R Conwell Preceded byTheodore DiGiammoNorman A Doyle Jr Member of the New Jersey General Assemblyfrom the 12D district1970 1972 Served alongside Joseph M Healey Succeeded byConstituency abolished Preceded byFrank R ConwellMichael P Esposito Member of the New Jersey General Assemblyfrom the 12C district1972 1974 Served alongside Silvio Failla Thomas Gallo Succeeded byConstituency abolished Preceded byConstituency established Member of the New Jersey General Assemblyfrom the 33rd district1974 1984 Served alongside Thomas Gallo Succeeded byNicholas LaRoccaRobert Ranieri New Jersey Senate Preceded byNicholas LaRocca Member of the New Jersey Senatefrom the 33rd district1984 1991 Succeeded byBob Menendez Political offices Preceded byWilliam J Hamilton Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly1978 1982 Succeeded byAlan Karcher nbsp nbsp This article about a New Jersey politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christopher Jackman amp oldid 1207209859, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
