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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Staff. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 1988 edition, p. 210. J.A. Fitzgerald., 1988. Accessed September 15, 2016. "He attended St. Bridget's School in Glassboro, and was graduated from Gloucester Catholic High School in 1967. He was awarded his degree in government at King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 1971, and earned his master's degree in public administration at Memphis State University, Memphis, Tenn., in 1974."
- ↑ Sokolic, William H. "This Town Of Tranquility Is Like A Step Back In Time Whitman Spent Summers Here. This Quiet Borough Has Resisted Urban Sprawl And Commercialism.", The Philadelphia Inquirer , October 11, 1992, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 17, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2019. "'The springs are considered a fountain of youth,' said Daniel Dalton, the former state senator, who has lived in Laurel Springs for almost nine years."
- ↑ The Irish American Who's Who, p. 167. Accessed September 15, 2016. "Dalton, Daniel Joseph New Jersey state senator; born in Woodbury, New Jersey on August 8, 1949; son of William Lawrence Dalton and Margaret Mary Dalton (both born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)"
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sinding, Rick. "Dan Dalton Interview (October 16, 2013)" Archived October 17, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , Center on the American Governor, Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. Accessed September 15, 2016. "I grew up in Glassboro, New Jersey, which is Gloucester County, and attended school there locally and went on to Gloucester Catholic, where I graduated high school. And from there I went to a small school in northeast Pennsylvania, King's College."
- ↑ Daniel J. Dalton, Kennedy Health. accessed September 15, 2016. "Mr. Dalton and his wife, Suzanne, reside in Clayton, NJ."
- ↑ Staff. "County Voters Shun Primary - Heavily", Asbury Park Press , June 6, 1979. Accessed September 15, 2016. "Elsewhere in the state, candidates running on a ticket fielded by Florio won the Democratic nominations in two Camden County Assembly districts over an opposing ticket backed by Errichetti.... Four-term Assemblymen Kenneth Gewertz and Francis Gorman were upset by Florio's team of Daniel Dalton and Dennis Riley in the fourth district, which takes in parts of Gloucester and Burlington counties as well as part of Camden."
- ↑ Results of the Primary Election Held on June 5, 1979 Archived July 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , Secretary of State of New Jersey. Accessed September 16, 2016.
- ↑ Results of the General Election Held on November 6, 1979 Archived April 28, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections. Accessed September 15, 2016.
- ↑ Legislative History of the Recycling Act, New Jersey State Library. Accessed September 15, 2016.
- ↑ via United Press International. "The Region; Byrne Signs Bill, To Push Recycling", The New York Times , September 10, 1981. Accessed September 15, 2016. "Governor Byrne signed legislation creating a fund, expected to reach $6 million, to finance refuse recycling programs in New Jersey. The bill, sponsored by Assemblyman Daniel J. Dalton, Democrat of Camden, was signed during ceremonies at Glassboro State College."
- ↑ Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly - 1981 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections. Accessed September 13, 2016.
- ↑ Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly - 1983 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections. Accessed September 13, 2016.
- ↑ Candidates for the Offices of State Senate and General Assembly - 1987 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections. Accessed September 13, 2016.
- ↑ O'Brien, Ellen. "N.K. Secretary Of State Settles In; He's A Politician Everyone Has A Good Word For", The Philadelphia Inquirer , February 4, 1992. Accessed September 15, 2016.
- ↑ Staff. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition, p. 501. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC, 2004. ISBN 9781577411871.Accessed September 15, 2016.