James J. Howard

A Representative from New Jersey. Born in Irvington, Essex County, N. J. , July 24, 1927. Graduated from St. Rose School, Belmar, N. J. , in 1941, Asbury Park (N. J. ) High School in 1947, St. Bonaventure University, Olean, N. Y. , in 1952. M. Ed. , Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J. , 1958.  . United States Navy, South Pacific, December 30, 1944, to July 19, 1946. Teacher and acting principal in Wall Township school system, 1952-1964. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, served until his death on March 25, 1988 (January 3, 1965-March 25, 1988). Chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (Ninety-seventh through One Hundredth Congresses). Died on March 25, 1988, in Washington, D. C. Interment in St. Catharine's Cemetery, Sea Girt, N. J.