- Lewis G. Hansen
Lewis Gustave Hansen (
November 18 ,1891 –November 18 ,1965 ) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who was the Democratic nominee forGovernor of New Jersey in 1946.Hansen was born in 1946 in
Jersey City, New Jersey . He received a master's degree fromNew York University School of Law in 1913 and was a counsellor-at-law in New Jersey beginning in 1916. He served one term in theNew Jersey General Assembly before becoming first assistant prosecutor in Hudson County. From 1933 to 1940 he was first assistant corporation counsel in Jersey City. He was then appointed by GovernorA. Harry Moore to the Second District Court of Jersey City. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=cO06AAAAMAAJ "Constitutional Convention of 1947"] (1949).]Hansen resigned his judicial position in 1946 to run for
Governor of New Jersey against the Republican candidateAlfred E. Driscoll . He lost by more than 221,000 votes. Following his defeat he was campaign manager in 1949 for the City Commission ticket in Jersey City backed by political bossFrank Hague . The ticket was unsuccessful, asJohn V. Kenny defeated Hague's nephew,Frank H. Eggers , in the Jersey City mayoral race. Hansen was reported to have been the first person to greet Kenny on the day he was sworn in. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A16FD3D5D167A93CBA8178AD95F418685F9 "Lewis Hansen, 74, Jersey Politician"] . "The New York Times ",November 19 ,1965 . AccessedJune 14 ,2008 .]Hansen served as Surrogate of Hudson County before retiring in 1957 to
Oceanport, New Jersey . In 1965 he died inWest Palm Beach, Florida on his 74th birthday.References
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