- Herbert Klein
Herbert "Herb" Klein is an American Democratic Party
politician , who represented New Jersey's EighthCongressional district ( [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/nj08_109.gifmap] ) in the House of Representatives, where he served fromJanuary 3 1993 –January 3 1995 .He was born in
Newark, New Jersey onJune 24 1930 and received his B.A. fromRutgers University in 1950 and a J.D. from theHarvard Law School in 1953, as well as an LL.M. fromNew York University in 1958. He served in theUnited States Air Force from 1954 to 1956. Admitted to the bar in 1953, he commenced the practice of law inClifton, New Jersey .After serving as a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 to 1976 and as Executive Director of the Passaic County Democratic Committee from 1977 to 1981, he was elected as a Democrat to the103rd United States Congress in 1992 to succeed retiring eleven-term incumbent Robert Roe in the historically Democratic eighth district.Klein was defeated for re-election by Clifton city councilman and Passaic County freeholder
Bill Martini , making him one of 54 Democrats to lose their seats in the 1994 Congressional Elections.External links
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