William B. Widnall

William B. Widnall

William Beck Widnall (born March 17, 1906 in Hackensack , New Jersey , †  December 28, 1983 in Ridgewood , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1950 and 1974 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Widnall attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1926 at Brown University in Providence ( Rhode Island ). After a subsequent law degree at the New Jersey Law School and his admission as a lawyer in 1932, he began to work in Hackensack in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1946 and 1950 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly .

After the resignation of Representative J. Parnell Thomas , Widnall was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due by-election for the seventh seat of New Jersey , where he took up his new mandate on February 6, 1950. After twelve re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on December 31, 1974 . In August 1968, Widnall was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach , where Richard Nixon was nominated as a presidential candidate. His time in Congress included the Cold War , the Korean War , the Civil Rights Movement , the Vietnam War, and the Watergate Affair . In 1974 Widnall was defeated by the Democrat Andrew Maguire . He resigned from his mandate on December 31, 1974, four days before the official end of the legislative term.

From 1975 to 1981, William Widnall served as chairman of the Federal Commission on Electronic Payments. He died on December 28, 1983 in Ridgewood.

Web links

• William B. Widnall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William B. Widnall in the database of Find a Grave (English)