OVERVIEW:
BORN:
August 3, 1890;
West Orange, New Jersey
PARENTS:
Thomas Edison
DIED:
July 31, 1969 (age 78)
New York, New York
EDUCATION:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican (Before 1940)
Democratic (1940–1962)
Conservative (1962–1969)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1937-1940:
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
1939-1940:
Acting Secretary of the Navy,
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1941-1944:
Governor of New Jersey
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