| LC control no. | no2006050684 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Tumulty, T. James (Thomas James), 1913-1981 |
| Variant(s) | Tumulty, Thomas James, 1913-1981 |
| Birth date | 19130302 |
| Death date | 19811123 |
| Place of birth | Jersey City (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Jersey City (N.J.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army New Jersey. Legislature. General Assembly United States. Congress. House New Jersey. Superior Court |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators--United States |
| Found in | A public statement by Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, 1948: t.p. (T. James Tumulty) Congressional Biographical Directory website, April 4, 2006 (Tumulty, Thomas James, 1913-1981 ... a representative from New Jersey) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, January 13, 2014 (Tumulty, Thomas James (1913-1981); a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., March 2, 1913; graduated from Xavier High School and attended Holy Cross University; graduated from Fordham University, New York City, in 1935, from Seton Hall, South Orange, N.J., in 1938 and from John Marshall Law School, Jersey City, N.J., in 1938; admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced the practice of law in Jersey City, N.J.; professor at Seton Hall in 1940 and 1941; taught at St. Aloysius High School in Jersey City in 1949 and 1950; served in the United States Army as an enlisted man in 1943 and 1944; served in the State house of assembly 1944-1952, serving as minority leader in 1951; assistant corporation counsel for Jersey City 1943-1954; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1952; secretary to the mayor of Jersey City in 1952 and 1953; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1957); unsuccessful for reelection to the Eighty-fifth Congress; special counsel Urban Renewal for Jersey City in 1957; deputy mayor of Jersey City 1958-1960; resumed the practice of law; judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, 1967-1972; was a resident of Jersey City, N.J., until his death there November 23, 1981) |
| Associated language | eng |
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