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    Robert Baumle Meyner (/ˈmaɪnər/ MY-nur; July 3, 1908 – May 27, 1990) was an American Democratic Party politician and attorney who served as the 44th governor...
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    As the wife of New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner, she was First Lady of New Jersey from 1957 to 1962. Meyner also served as a Red Cross nurse in Korea...
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    Republican nominee William T. Cahill defeated Democratic nominee Robert B. Meyner with 59.66% of the vote. This was the only gubernatorial election that...
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    from seeking a third term in office. Democratic former State Senator Robert B. Meyner defeated Republican businessman Paul L. Troast winning 53.17% of the...
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    gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1957. Incumbent Democrat Robert B. Meyner defeated Republican nominee Malcolm Forbes with 54.55% of the vote...
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    as a private attorney in Newark and East Orange. In 1959, Governor Robert B. Meyner appointed Byrne to serve as Essex County Prosecutor; he served in that...
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    Extension, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Governor of New Jersey Robert B. Meyner. The main span is 1,270 feet (390 m), with a 135-foot (41 m) clearance...
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    juvenile and domestic-relations courts. Hughes was considered by Governor Robert B. Meyner as a possible nominee to the state supreme court bench. Seeking to...
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    election without carrying Gloucester and Cumberland Counties since Robert B. Meyner in 1953, and the first Democrat to win a gubernatorial election without...
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    Faubus, and Robert Meyner Combined for Robert Meyner and G. Mennen Williams Combined for Robert Meyner and G. Mennen Williams Robert Meyner with 3%, G...
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    known as the SAVAK. Schwarzkopf was appointed by New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner to "examine and investigate the management by Harold G. Hoffman," a...
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    Dwight D. Eisenhower - 6,358 (0.11%) W. Averell Harriman - 3,368 (0.06%) Robert Meyner - 1,129 (0.02%) John F. Kennedy - 949 (0.02%) Harry S. Truman - 728...
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    lived in the house on Lincoln Avenue built by Robert Meyner's grandfather, Robert B. Meyner.... Robert Meyner was graduated from Phillipsburg High School...
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    father was an attorney practicing with future New Jersey governor Robert B. Meyner. In 1936, her father died of a heart attack. In 1939, Jayne Mansfield’s...
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    Robert B. Meyner objected to New York getting a $335 million project. Toward the end of 1961, negotiations with outgoing New Jersey Governor Meyner reached...
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    Beverage Control beginning in 1954 during the Administration of Governor Robert B. Meyner and as the first head of the state's Amusement Games Commission, starting...
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  • Burkhardt rose in influence first as executive secretary to Governor Robert B. Meyner from 1954 to 1962 and then as Secretary of State under Governor Richard...
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    1978, pp. 1043–1044. "Robert Baumie Meyner". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 29, 2023. "Jubilant Democrats See Meyner Become Governor". The...
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    Williams College, where he graduated in 1925. In 1928, he was awarded an LL.B. degree from Harvard University. He served as Governor of New Jersey from...
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    1960 United States presidential election (category Lyndon B. Johnson)
    from Florida Former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois Governor Robert B. Meyner of New Jersey The major candidates for the 1960 Democratic presidential...
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    won the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey and faced Robert B. Meyner, a little-known one-term former member of the New Jersey Senate who...
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  • In the 1957 New Jersey gubernatorial election, incumbent Democrat Robert B. Meyner defeated Republican Malcolm Forbes for the position of Governor of...
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    came from New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner, who resented that New York would be getting the $355 million project. Meyner would only agree if his own...
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  • Driscoll named him to serve as a County Court Judge in 1953, and Governor Robert B. Meyner named him to the New Jersey Superior Court in 1958. From 1958 until...
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  • commercial license to non-commercial. The outgoing New Jersey governor, Robert B. Meyner, addressing state lawmakers' concerns over continued programming specific...
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    congressional elections, local elections were also held. New York City: Robert F. Wagner Jr. was elected mayor with 46.3% of the vote. Los Angeles: Norris...
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  • (d. 1972) 1908 – M. F. K. Fisher, American author (d. 1992) 1908 – Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1990)...
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    March, former U.S. Army Chief of Staff Kristen McMenamy, fashion model Robert B. Meyner, former New Jersey governor Mulgrew Miller, jazz pianist Randall Munroe...
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  • Russian poet and translator (b. 1907) 1990 – Robert B. Meyner, American lawyer and politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908) 1991 – Leopold Nowak...
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  • Charles Ives, composer (b. 1874) May 22 – Chief Bender, Native American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics) (b. 1884) May 25 – Robert Capa, photojournalist...
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