James J. Florio

A Representative from New Jersey. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y. , August 29, 1937. Attended the public elementary schools in Brooklyn. Received high school equivalency diploma from State of New Jersey. B. A. , Trenton (N. J. ) State College, 1962. Graduate work, Columbia University, New York, 1962-1963. J. D. , Rutgers University Law School, 1967. Admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1967 and commenced practice in Camden. Served in United States Navy, 1955-1958, ensign. Lieutenant commander, United States Navy Reserve, 1958-1975. Assistant city attorney for Camden City Legal Department, 1967-1971. Solicitor for the New Jersey towns of Runnemede, Wood-Lynne, and Somerdale, 1969-1974. Assemblyman, New Jersey State Legislature, 1970-1974. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-Third Congress in 1972. Unsuccessful candidate for the nomination for Governor of New Jersey in 1977 and unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1981. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1975, until his resignation January 16, 1990. Elected Governor of New Jersey in 1989 and served from January 16, 1990, to January 18, 1994. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1993. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 2000. Died on September 25, 2022.