Henry McNamara
Henry McNamara | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 40th district | |
| In office November 18, 1985 – January 8, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Garrett W. Hagedorn |
| Succeeded by | Kevin J. O'Toole |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 9, 1934 Passaic, New Jersey |
| Died | August 27, 2018 (aged 83) Wyckoff, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
Henry P. McNamara (December 9, 1934 – August 27, 2018) was an American
Biography
He was born in
McNamara decided against running for re-election in 2007 and announced he would step down at the end of his term in 2008.[3]
McNamara sponsored New Jersey's open space trust fund, wrote the law to clean up underground storage tanks, re-wrote the laws governing toxic waste cleanup and led the way for a Brownfields law – a plan to get private investors to clean up polluted industrial sites and make those sites clean and useful again.
He died on August 27, 2018, in Wyckoff, New Jersey at age 83.[4]
District 40
Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. At the end of McNamara's term, the other representatives from the 40th Legislative District were:
- Assemblyman David C. Russo, and
- Assemblyman Kevin J. O'Toole
References
- ^ a b c "Senator McNamara's Senate Website". Archived from the original on February 4, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2005.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 19, 2011. - ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition, p. 245. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC,, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2022. "Senator McNamara was born in Passaic Dec. 9, 1934. He attended St. Nicholas School, Pope Pius XII High School, and Seton Hall University, where he studied classical languages and received his degree in 1956."
- ^ Gohlke, Josh. "Senate exodus: Why so many are retiring", The Record, April 1, 2007. Accessed June 21, 2007.
- ^ "Henry McNamara, former state senator from Wyckoff, dies at 83". Northjersey.com. August 27, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
External links
- Senator McNamara's Senate Website at the Wayback Machine (archived February 4, 2008)
- New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2006 (PDF) Archived June 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF) Archived September 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF) Archived September 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine