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- ↑ "Lynch", Courier News , October 24, 2004. Accessed January 20, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Lynch, whose great-great-grandfather, Patrick Corrigan, emigrated from Ireland to New Brunswick in 1840 and helped construct the city's first sewer system, graduated from St. Peter's High School. There, at 5-foot-7, he was the sixth man on the 1955-56 basketball team that advanced to the state finals."
- ↑ McCoy, Craig R. "Democrats Elect Lynch to Senate's Tob Job", The Philadelphia Inquirer , December 12, 1989. Accessed April 23, 2008.
- ↑ Peterson, Melody. "Senator Quits Minority Post In New Jersey", The New York Times , November 8, 1997. Accessed April 23, 2008.
- ↑ Ackerman, Spencer. "To fill Lynch's big shoes, Smith stresses education", The Daily Targum , October 30, 2001. Accessed April 23, 2008. "Now, Assemblyman and former Piscataway Mayor Bob Smith is looking to take over for retiring State Sen. John Lynch, the powerful democrat castigated by his detractors as running 'the Lynch machine'."
- ↑ Guilty Plea Expected From Former Senate Leader in Trenton, The New York Times , September 15, 2006.
- ↑ "Former politician Lynch sentenced", Associated Press, December 19, 2006.
- ↑ "Judge urged to show compassion in Lynch case", Asbury Park Press , December 15, 2006.
- ↑ "Ex-N.J. Sen. John Lynch set to finish corruption sentence at Newark halfway house". NJ.com . November 12, 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
After 39 months as a federal inmate, former state Senate President John A. Lynch is scheduled to complete his corruption sentence Friday. ...
