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  Williams, Harrison A.
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NameHarrison A. Williams
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Bedminster, New Jersey , United States
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Born December 10, 1919
DiedNovember 17, 2001 (81 years)
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InfoHarrison Arlington "Pete" Williams, Jr.

Representative and a Senator from New Jersey; born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., December 10, 1919; attended the public schools; graduated from Oberlin College in 1941; engaged in newspaper work in Washington, D.C., and studied at Georgetown University Foreign Service School until called to active duty as a seaman in the United States Naval Reserve in 1941; became a naval aviator and was discharged as a lieutenant (jg.) in 1945; employed in the steel industry for a short time, entered Columbia University Law School, graduating in 1948; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New Hampshire in 1948; returned to Plainfield, N.J., in 1949 and continued to practice law; was an unsuccessful candidate for the State house of assembly in 1951 and for city councilman in 1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Clifford Case; reelected to the Eighty-fourth Congress and served from November 3, 1953, to January 3, 1957; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; elected to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964, 1970, and again in 1976 and served from January 3, 1959, until his resignation March 11, 1982; chairman, Special Committee on Aging (Ninetieth and Ninety-first Congresses), Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Ninety-second through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Committee on Human Resources (Ninety-fifth Congress), Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Ninety-sixth Congress); one of the congressional targets in the government operation known as �ABSCAM� and was convicted of charges related to this effort; during Senate proceedings on an expulsion motion, he resigned his seat; was a resident of Bedminster, N.J.; died on November 17, 2001.

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  11/02/1976 NJ US Senate Won 60.66% (+22.61%)
  06/08/1976 NJ US Senate- D Primary Won 85.12% (+70.24%)
  11/03/1970 NJ US Senate Won 54.02% (+11.86%)
  06/02/1970 NJ US Senate - D Primary Won 65.59% (+31.18%)
  11/03/1964 NJ US Senate Won 61.91% (+24.59%)
  11/04/1958 NJ US Senate Won 51.39% (+4.49%)
  04/15/1958 NJ US Senate - D Primary Won 43.12% (+3.62%)
  11/06/1956 NJ District 6 Lost 48.50% (-2.09%)
  11/02/1954 NJ District 6 Won 56.05% (+14.13%)
  11/03/1953 NJ District 6 - Special Election Won 50.76% (+1.53%)
ENDORSEMENTS
U.S. Surgeon General - Nov 16, 1981 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 R Sandra Day O'Connor
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 D Thurgood Marshall