- William T. Cahill
Infobox Governor
name = William Thomas Cahill
caption =
order = 46th
office = Governor of New Jersey
term_start =January 20 ,1970
term_end =January 15 ,1974
predecessor =Richard J. Hughes
successor =Brendan Byrne
office2 = ushr|New Jersey|1
term_start2 =January 3 ,1959
term_end2 =January 3 ,1967
predecessor2 =Charles A. Wolverton
successor2 =John E. Hunt
office3 = ushr|New Jersey|6
term_start3 =January 3 ,1967
term_end3 =January 19 ,1970
predecessor3 =Florence Dwyer
successor3 =Edwin B. Forsythe
birth_date = birth date|1912|6|25|mf=y
birth_place = Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
death_date = death date and age |1996|07|1|1912|06|25
death_place = Haddonfield,New Jersey
spouse = Elizabeth M. Cahill
religion = Catholic
party = RepublicanWilliam Thomas Cahill (
June 25 1912 ndashJuly 1 1996 ) was an American Republican Partypolitician who served as the 46th Governor ofNew Jersey , from 1970 to 1974, and who representedNew Jersey 's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1967 and the state's 6th district from 1967 to 1970.Though born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Cahill moved to New Jersey with his parents in 1919. He attendedCamden Catholic High School inCamden, New Jersey , and graduated in 1929. Afterwards, Cahill graduated St. Joseph's College (nowSaint Joseph's University ) at Philadelphia in 1933. He returned to Camden to study at theRutgers School of Law - Camden , receiving his law degree in 1937.In 1937 and 1938, Cahill was a special agent of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation . In 1939 he was admitted to the bar and began his political career. Living inCollingswood, New Jersey , Cahill was the city prosecutor ofCamden, New Jersey in 1944 and 1945, was the first assistant prosecutor of Camden County from 1948-1951 and was a special deputy attorney general of the State of New Jersey in 1951. Cahill was a member of theNew Jersey General Assembly from 1951-1953.Cahill was elected to the Eighty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses until his resignation from his congressional seat to assume his seat as Governor, serving in office from
January 3 ,1959 toJanuary 19 ,1970 .Cahill served as
Governor of New Jersey fromJanuary 20 ,1970 -January 15 ,1974 , not being able to run for a second term after he was defeated in the primary election that June. After his term as governor, Cahill was a senior fellow at theWoodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs atPrinceton University from 1974-1978. While governor, Cahill named his predecessor,Richard J. Hughes as chief justice of theNew Jersey Supreme Court . [Schwaneberg, Robert. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=10ED0D3AB7598A58&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=V57P58APMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "A critical choice for Corzine: Naming chief justice - Poritz's mandatory retirement creates several scenarios for powerful post"] , "The Star-Ledger ",December 29 ,2005 . AccessedAugust 6 ,2007 . "In October 1973, Chief Justice Pierre Garven, a Republican, died after less than two months in the post. Then-Gov. William T. Cahill was a lame duck, having been dumped by the Republican Party in the primary. Democrats won both the governor's office and control of the Senate in the November election. Cahill nominated his Democratic predecessor, Richard J. Hughes, who had been a judge before becoming governor."]He died in
Haddonfield, New Jersey and is interred at Calvary Cemetery inCherry Hill Township, New Jersey .References
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List of Governors of New Jersey External links
*CongBio|C000019
* [http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GCAHI.pdf Biography of William T. Cahill (PDF)] ,New Jersey State Library
* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=b2c8224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Governor William T. Cahill] ,National Governors Association
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA.html#RU00Y9UVK William Thomas Cahill ] atThe Political Graveyard
*Findagrave|7173518|William Thomas Cahill
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