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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. Byrne began his career as a private attorney in Newark and East Orange. In 1959, Governor Robert B. Meyner appointed Byrne to serve as Essex County Prosecutor; he ...
Jan 8, 2018 · Byrne, a Democrat who served two terms as governor, died last week at age 93 following an infection that went into his lungs. Byrne, a former prosecutor, signed New Jersey's first income tax into ...
Jan 4, 2018 · Brendan Thomas Byrne was born on April 1, 1924, and grew up in West Orange, N.J. His father, Francis, was the city’s public safety commissioner and later president of the Essex County tax board ...
Jan 4, 2018 · Born in West Orange, Brendan Byrne was a B-17 navigator, a lawyer, a judge, a prosecutor and an unlikely politician who became governor of New Jersey.
Jan 5, 2018 · January 5, 2018 / 7:57 AM EST / AP. LIVINGSTON, N.J. -- Former two-term Gov. Brendan Byrne, who mobsters said was too ethical to be bribed and who authorized the law permitting gambling in ...
Jan 5, 2018 · Brendan Byrne was 93. His son Tom Byrne says he died Thursday at a home in Livingston where he had been living. The son says he suffered an infection that went into his lungs and “was too weak to fight.”. Byrne built his reputation as a crusading prosecutor and held numerous governmental positions during more than 30 years of public service.
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Jan 5, 2018 · Julio Cortez/AP. Former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne, who presided over the legalization of casino gambling in Atlantic City and nearly lost re-election after establishing the state's first ...
