Charles W. Sandman Jr.

A Representative from New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia, Pa. , October 23, 1921. Graduated from Cape May High School, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. , and Rutgers University Law School, Newark, N. J. Admitted to New Jersey bar in 1949. Served as solicitor for Cape May City, N. J. With Armed Forces of the United States as navigator in the Army Air Corps, European Theater, during the Second World War. Elected to the New Jersey State senate in November 1955, reelected in 1959 and 1963. Elected a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968. Majority leader of the New Jersey State senate in 1964 and 1965. Chairman of the New Jersey State Narcotics Investigating Committee, 1962-1967. Delegate to the New Jersey Constitutional convention, March-April 1966. Elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Was a resident of Cape May Court House, N. J. , until his death there August 26, 1985. Interment in Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery.