LAUTENBERG, Frank Raleigh (1924-2013)
Democrat of New Jersey 
0th congressional district
Served in Senate 1983-2001 , 2003-2013
@FrankLautenberg
Biography
A Senator from New Jersey; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 23, 1924; served in the United States Army Signal Corps 1942-1946; graduated Columbia University School of Business, New York City 1949; businessman; commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 1978-1982; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1982 for the term commencing January 3, 1983; subsequently appointed by the Governor on December 27, 1982, to complete the unexpired term of Nicholas F. Brady; reelected in 1988 and 1994 and served from December 27, 1982, to January 3, 2001; chose not to run for reelection in 2000; again elected to the United States Senate in 2002; reelected in 2008 and served from January 3, 2003, until his death on June 3, 2013; lay in repose in the Senate Chamber June 6, 2013; interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 3, 2024.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
