Robert A. Roe

A Representative from New Jersey. Born in Wayne, Passaic County, N. J. , February 28, 1924. Attended Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or. Attended Washington State University, Pullman, Wash. Served in the United States Army during World War II. Chairman, board of directors, Morris Canal &. Banking Co. Committeeman, Wayne Township, 1955-1956. Mayor of Wayne Township, N. J. , 1956-1961. Passaic County, N. J. , Freeholder, 1959-1963. Director, board of Chosen Freeholders, 1962-1963. Commissioner, New Jersey Conservation and Economic Development Department, state cabinet, 1963-1969. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Charles S. Joelson, and reelected to the eleven succeeding Congresses (November 4, 1969-January 3, 1993). Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (One Hundredth and One Hundred First Congresses). Chairman, Committee on Public Works and Transportation (One Hundred Second Congress). Unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor of New Jersey in 1977. Was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992. Died on July 15, 2014, in Green Pond, N. J. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, N. J.