Frank Raleigh LAUTENBERG, Congress, NJ (1924)

LAUTENBERG, Frank Raleigh, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 23, 1924; served in the United States Army Signal Corps 1942-1946; graduated Columbia University School of Business, New York City 1949; businessman; commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 1978-1982; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1982 for the term commencing January 3, 1983; subsequently appointed by the Governor on December 27, 1982, to complete the unexpired term of Nicholas F. Brady; reelected in 1988 and 1994 and served from December 27, 1982, to January 3, 2001; chose not to run for reelection in 2000; again elected to the United States Senate in 2002; reelected in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present