Charles Samuel Joelson

Charles Samuel Joelson

Charles Samuel Joelson (born January 27, 1916 in Paterson , New Jersey , †  August 17, 1999 in Freehold , New Jersey) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1961 and 1969 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Joelson attended public schools in his home country and then the Montclair Academy . By 1937 he studied at Cornell University . After a subsequent law degree at this university and his admission as a lawyer in 1940, he began to work in Paterson in his new profession. Since 1942 he served in the United States Navy during World War II . Between 1949 and 1952 he was an advisor to the City of Paterson. From 1954 to 1956 he was the deputy head of the criminal investigation department in his state, which he took over from 1958 to 1960. From 1956 to 1958 he was a prosecutor in Passaic County .

Politically, Joelson was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1960 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Gordon Canfield on January 3, 1961 . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on September 4, 1969 . These were shaped by the events of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement . Joelson's resignation came after Governor Richard J. Hughes appointed him a judge on the New Jersey Superior Court . He held this office for 15 years until 1984. He died on August 17, 1999 in Freehold.

Web links

• Charles Samuel Joelson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)