George M. Wallhauser Jr.

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George Marvin Wallhauser Jr.
Chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority
Appointed by William Thomas Cahill
Preceded by John P. Gallagher
Personal details
Born(1927-04-04)April 4, 1927
Newark, New Jersey
Died August 7, 2011(2011-08-07) (aged 84)
Rossmoor, New Jersey
Education Columbia High School
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

George Marvin Wallhauser Jr. (April 4, 1927 – August 7, 2011) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the Chairman of the Essex County Republican Organization and was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1968. He served on the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission and was an insurance consultant for the North Jersey Water Supply Commission. He served as chairman of East Orange General Hospital. He served as Chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority. [1]

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Biography

He was born on April 4, 1927 in Newark, New Jersey to George M. Wallhauser, who represented New Jersey in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1965. His family then moved to East Orange, New Jersey until he was three, then his family moved to Maplewood, New Jersey where he attended Columbia High School. He attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. During World War II he served in the United States Army Air Corps on the Aleutian Islands. [1]

Newark, New Jersey City in New Jersey, United States

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George M. Wallhauser American politician

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East Orange, New Jersey City in New Jersey

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In positions with Aetna early in his career, he was appointed editor of the monthly Life Aetna-izer in 1955, [2] and after Hawaii became a state, in 1960, he opened an agency there. [1] He was Chairman of the East Orange General Hospital for seventeen years. [1]

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In 1968, Wallhauser sought the Republican nomination for United States House of Representatives in New Jersey's 11th congressional district against three-term Democratic incumbent Joseph Minish. He won the Republican primary over Donald MacArt of East Orange and Jack Hastings Burmeister of Maplewood, (66%-33%-1%). [3] He lost the general election to Minish, 91,496 (66%) to 46,426 (33%). [4] In that campaign, Wallhauser proposed federal subsidies to urban areas to pay police officers and firefighters. [5]

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He was the Essex County Republican Chairman from 1971 to 1973. He did not seek re-election after William T. Cahill lost the Republican gubernatorial nomination to conservative Charles Sandman. [6]

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Wallhauser served as a Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities under Governor Cahill. [7]

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In 1972 he was appointed as the chairman of the New Jersey Highway Authority by Governor Cahill. He replaced John P. Gallagher, Gallagher, resigned to become the Garden State Parkway's executive director. [8] In 1975 Wallhauser voted against lifting the ban on motorcycles on the Garden State Parkway. [9]

He served as the Chairman of People for Bateman during the 1977 gubernatorial campaign of Raymond Bateman. [10]

He died on August 7, 2011 in Rossmoor, New Jersey. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "George M. Wallhauser, Jr". The Star-Ledger. August 14, 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ↑ The National Underwriter. National Underwriter Company. 1955. Retrieved 2018-01-07. George M. Wallhauser Jr. has been named editor of Life Aetna-izer, the company's...
  3. ↑ "1968 Primary Election Results" (PDF). New Jersey Division of Elections. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "1968 General Election Results" (PDF). New Jersey Division of Elections. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Wallhauser Clashes With Minish in the Complicated 11th". New York Times . October 11, 1968. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Joseph F. (June 11, 1973). "Parties Prepare New Alignments. Republicans and Democrats Will Select New Leaders for State Tomorrow Dugan Appears Choice Pledges of Support". New York Times.
  7. ↑ "Byrne Names Union Aide to the P.U.C." New York Times . March 14, 1974.
  8. ↑ "New Jersey". New York Times . October 18, 1972.
  9. ↑ Demarest, Lee (August 29, 1975). "Parkway in Jersey Lifts Its Ban on Motorcyclists. Parkway Lifts Motorcycle Ban For Year's Test Starting Nov. 1". New York Times . Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  10. ↑ Sullivan, Joseph (August 2, 1977). "Byrne and Bateman Lay Groundwork for Fall Campaign". New York Times.
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