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New Jerseys 20 Living ex-Congressmen

October 15, 2018 9:15 amOctober 15, 2018 1:40 pm

Rush Holt is 70 today, the 11th oldest of the nineteen living former Congressmen from New Jersey. The oldest is Cornelius Gallagher, who celebrated his 97th birthday last March. The Bayonne Democrat was first elected to Congress in 1958, making...

Cornelius Gallagher supports new RFK investigation

June 6, 2018 7:40 pmJune 25, 2018 4:30 pm

On a fateful evening 50 years ago today, Cornelius Gallagher sat in his office when news came in that Robert F. Kennedy had been shot by a lone gunman in the kitchen of the hotel where the U.S. Senator had...

Happy 97th Birthday, Cornelius Gallagher

March 2, 2018 2:39 amOctober 17, 2018 8:29 pm

New Jersey’s oldest living former congressman, Cornelius Gallagher, is celebrating his 97th birthday today. Known as Neil, the charismatic, affable Bayonne Democrat represented Hudson County in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1973. As a congressman, Gallagher became...