- T. James Tumulty
Thomas James Tumulty (b.
March 2 ,1913 ,Jersey City, New Jersey – d.November 23 ,1981 ,Jersey City, New Jersey ) was an American Democratic Party politician who representedNew Jersey 's 14th congressional district in theUnited States House of Representatives from 1955-1957.Tumulty was born in
Jersey City, New Jersey onMarch 2 ,1913 . He graduated from Xavier High School and attendedHoly Cross University , graduated fromFordham University in 1935, fromSeton Hall University in 1938 and from John Marshall Law School in Jersey City in 1938. Tumulty was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced the practice of law in Jersey City. He was a professor at Seton Hall in 1940 and 1941 and taught at St. Aloysius High School in Jersey City in 1949 and 1950.He served in the United States Army as an enlisted man in 1943 and 1944. Tuulty served in the
New Jersey General Assembly from 1944-1952, serving as minority leader in 1951. He was assistant corporation counsel for Jersey City from 1943-1954, was a delegate to the1952 Democratic National Convention , and was secretary to the mayor of Jersey City in 1952 and 1953.Tumulty was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress, serving in office from
January 3 ,1955 -January 3 ,1957 , and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-fifth Congress.After leaving Congress, he was special counsel Urban Renewal for Jersey City in 1957, deputy mayor of Jersey City 1958-1960 and resumed the practice of law. He was a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey from 1967-1972.
Tumulty was a resident of Jersey City until his death there on
November 23 ,1981 . he was interred at Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City.References
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