Alfred E. Driscoll

Alfred E. Driscoll

Infobox Governor
name = Alfred E. Driscoll


caption =
order = 43rd
office = Governor of New Jersey
term_start = January 21, 1947
term_end = January 19, 1954
predecessor = Walter Evans Edge
successor = Robert B. Meyner
birth_date = birth date|1902|10|25|mf=y
birth_place = Haddonfield, New Jersey
death_date = death date and age |1975|03|9|1902|10|25
death_place =
party = Republican
spouse = Antoinette Ware Tatem
religion = Presbyterian

Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (October 25, 1902–March 9, 1975) of Haddonfield, New Jersey, was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senator (1939-1941) representing Camden County, who served as the 43rd Governor of New Jersey, and as president of Warner-Lambert (now a part of Pfizer).

Driscoll graduated from Williams College in 1925, and was awarded an LL.B. degree from Harvard University in 1928.

As governor (1947-1954), Driscoll was the chief proponent of the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. From the time of their construction, these two major transportation links would transform the agrarian "Garden State" into the most densely populated state in the union. The Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway across the Raritan River was named in his honor, and a failed planned extension of the New Jersey Turnpike (similar in nature to the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension) would have also borne his name. Driscoll served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from New Jersey in 1948 and 1952.

Driscoll (a Republican) gave William J. Brennan (a Democrat) his first judicial appointment in 1949 - a seat on the New Jersey Superior Court (which is a Trial court). In 1951, Driscoll promoted Brennan to the New Jersey Supreme Court, where he served until appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.

Although he was a Presbyterian, Driscoll is buried at the Haddonfield Baptist Churchyard.

ee also

*List of Governors of New Jersey

External links

* [http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GDRIS.pdf Biography of Alfred E. Driscoll (PDF)] , New Jersey State Library
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=efad1acc469f9010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor Alfred Eastlack Driscoll] , national Governors Association
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driscoll.html Political Graveyard info for Alfred E. Driscoll]
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