Brendan Byrne
Brendan Thomas Byrne (April 1, 1924 – January 4, 2018) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served as the 47th Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982.In the late 1960s, an FBI wiretap recorded local mobsters calling Byrne "the man who couldn't be bought" in reference to his high ethical standards.During his first term, Byrne signed the state's first income tax, which broke a campaign promise and was initially highly unpopular across party lines.During his time as governor, Byrne oversaw the opening of the first gambling casinos in Atlantic City and established the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate.[4] Due to World War II, he spent only two years on campus, finishing his undergraduate thesis while enrolled at Harvard Law School.[4] He graduated from Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs in 1949 after completing a 95-page long senior thesis titled, "Proportional Representation in Municipal Government".[9] Byrne's landslide margin of victory was so vast that it allowed Democrats to capture control both chambers of the state legislature with supermajorities.[9] Some of the policies enacted by the first Byrne administration include: the implementation of New Jersey's first state income tax, the establishment of spending limits on local governments, county governments, school districts, and the state, the establishment of both the Department of the Public Advocate and the Department of Energy, and the implementation of public financing for future gubernatorial general elections.[9] However, Byrne obtained the party's nomination, and went on to defeat his Republican opponent, State Senator Raymond Bateman, in the general election on November 8, 1977.[22] Additionally, Byrne and his successor as governor, Thomas Kean, co-wrote a weekly column in The Star-Ledger, containing their "dialogue" on state and national public affairs and politics.[28] Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin, then-Governor Chris Christie and Governor-elect Phil Murphy, former Governors Thomas Kean, Donald DiFrancesco, Jim McGreevey, Richard Codey and Jon Corzine and U. S. Representative Bill Pascrell were in attendance.
Governor of New JerseyWilliam CahillThomas KeanProsecutor of Essex CountyRobert B. MeynerJoseph P. LordiWest Orange, New JerseyLivingston, New JerseyDemocraticJean FeatherlyBarbaraPrinceton UniversityHarvard UniversityUnited StatesUnited States ArmyFirst LieutenantUnited States Army Air Forces414th Bombardment Squadron97th Bombardment GroupDistinguished Flying CrossAir MedalDemocratic PartyNewarkEast OrangemobstersSuperior CourtHudson Countypolitical machineWatergate scandalstate's first income taxcampaign promiseRaymond BatemanAtlantic CityNew Jersey Department of the Public AdvocateIrish AmericanCatholicWest Orange High SchoolSeton Hall UniversityU.S. ArmyWorld War IIU.S. Army Air ForcesAir MedalsSchool of Public and International AffairsHarvard Law Schoollaw firmEssex CountyBoard of Public UtilitiesWilliam T. CahillMorrisSussexWarren1973 New Jersey gubernatorial electionCharles SandmanlandslideDepartment of the Public Advocate1977 New Jersey gubernatorial electionJames FlorioPresident CarterAtlantic City ExpresswayInterstate 287Meadowlands Sports ComplexChristie WhitmanChris ChristieRepublicansGovernorSecretary of AgricultureAttorney GeneralWilliam F. HylandJohn J. DegnanJames R. ZazzaliCommissioner of BankingPresident of the Civil Service CommissionS. Howard WoodsonCommissioner of Community AffairsJoseph A. LeFanteCommissioner of CorrectionsRobert MulcahyDefense Adjutant GeneralWilfred C. Menard Jr.Commissioner of EducationCommissioner of Environmental ProtectionDavid J. BardinDaniel Joseph O'HernCommissioner of HealthRalph A. DunganCommissioner of Human ServicesCommissioner of InsuranceCommissioner of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentPublic AdvocateStanley Van NessSecretary of StateJ. Edward CrabielGeorge W. LeeDonald LanCommissioner of TransportationAlan SagnerRussell MullenLouis GambacciniAnne CanbyState TreasurerRichard LeoneRoselandThe Star-LedgerRutgers Universitypresident in 2016New Jersey Democratic State CommitteeU.S. Senate race in 2000Jon CorzinebabesiosisLondonWaterloo tube stationLondon UndergroundMuhammad AliPaper Mill PlayhouseMillburnJoseph W. TobinPhil MurphyDonald DiFrancescoJim McGreeveyRichard CodeyU. S. RepresentativeBill PascrellcrematedPrinceton CemeteryMeadowlands ArenaEast Rutherford