Frank R. Lautenberg

A Senator from New Jersey. Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N. J. , January 23, 1924. Served in the United States Army Signal Corps 1942-1946. Graduated Columbia University School of Business, New York City 1949. Businessman. Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 1978-1982. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1982 for the term commencing January 3, 1983. Subsequently appointed by the Governor on December 27, 1982, to complete the unexpired term of Nicholas F. Brady. Reelected in 1988 and 1994 and served from December 27, 1982, to January 3, 2001. Chose not to run for reelection in 2000. Again elected to the United States Senate in 2002. Reelected in 2008 and served from January 3, 2003, until his death on June 3, 2013. Lay in repose in the Senate Chamber June 6, 2013. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 3, 2024.