Harry Heher
Harry Heher (March 20, 1889 – October 17, 1972) was a
New Jersey Supreme Court Justice and Democratic Party
leader.
He was born in 1889 in
read law with a Trenton lawyer instead of attending law school. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1911.[1]
Heher was active in Democratic politics, serving as chairman of the
New Jersey Supreme Court. He was reappointed to the bench in 1940, 1947, and 1954.[2]
Heher married Anne Egan on August 5, 1925, and they had three sons: Harry Heher, Jr. (b. 1927), John Robert Heher (b. 1930), and Garrett Martin Heher (b. 1935).[1] He died in Lawrenceville, New Jersey in 1972 at the age of 83.[2]
References
- ^ a b Myers, William Starr. The Story of New Jersey (1945). Reprinted as Prominent Families of New Jersey (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000).
- ^ a b "Harry Heher, Ex.Jersey Justice And Democratic Chairman, Dies", The New York Times, October 19, 1972. Accessed June 10, 2008.