Frank M. Pelly Explained

Frank M. Pelly
Office:Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 18th Legislative District
Term Start:January 12, 1982
Term End:July 1, 1991
Alongside:Thomas H. Paterniti
George A. Spadoro
Predecessor:James Bornheimer
Successor:Michael J. Baker
Office2:Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery
Term Start2:July 1991
Term End2:July 1994
Predecessor2:Russell R. Hart (acting)
Successor2:Virginia E. Haines
Birth Date:3 August 1933
Birth Place:New Brunswick, New Jersey
Education:University of Georgia
Residence:North Brunswick, New Jersey
Party:Democratic

Frank M. Pelly (born August 3, 1933) is an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 18th Legislative District from 1982 to 1991.[1]

Born on August 3, 1933, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and raised there, Pelly graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1951.[2] Pelly graduated in 1956 from the University of Georgia in 1956 with a degree in pharmacy, and operated a pharmacy in New Brunswick.[3] A resident of North Brunswick, New Jersey, Pelly served as a board of education trustee on the North Brunswick Township Public Schools, on the township council and as a member of the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.[4]

In May 1991, Pelly was named by Governor James Florio to serve as executive director of the New Jersey Lottery, after Pelly announced that he would not be seeking re-election; he succeeded acting lottery head Russell R. Hart, who took over when Barbara Marrow-Mooring stepped down.[5] As head of the lottery, Pelly had a hotline number for compulsive gamblers printed on all lottery tickets.[4] In May 1994, Governor Christine Todd Whitman nominated Virginia E. Haines to succeed Pelly as head of the New Jersey Lottery.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey on September 23, 1983 ยท Page 42 . Newspapers.com . 1983-09-23 . 2017-02-03.
  2. https://www.nbpschools.net/Page/2057 2012 Inductees
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=jWYkAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Frank+M.+Pelly%22+%22north+brunswick%22+Dem.+%22high+school%22 Manual of the New Jersey Legislature, 1989
  4. Mautner, Lyn. "New Jersey Q & A: Frank M. Pelly; The Man Behind Those Lottery Dreams", The New York Times, April 26, 1992. Accessed January 23, 2024. "But in another innovation, Mr. Pelly has also seen to it that the hot-line number for the New Jersey Council on Compulsive Gambling (1-800-GAMBLER) is stamped on all lottery tickets sold, as well as on the 5,000 lottery machines in the state and on brochures and advertising materials.... Except for time away at the University of Georgia, Mr. Pelly has lived in the New Brunswick area all his life. He owned a pharmacy there, which he sold two years ago. He has served as a member of the Town Council of North Brunswick, as Deputy Mayor, as a Middlesex County Freeholder and as a member of the State Assembly."
  5. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114560268/frank-pelly-appointed-to-head-new/ "Florio picks assemblyman to be head of lottery agency"
  6. Hooker, Jim. "Lawmaker tapped for lottery chief", Asbury Park Press, May 19, 1994. Accessed January 23, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Virginia E. Haines, R-Ocean, has been tapped by Gov. Whitman to serve as the state's next lottery executive director, the governor's office announced yesterday.... Haines, a 47-year-old Shore-area native who won a second, two-year term to the Assembly in November, would replace Frank M. Pelly, a former Democratic assemblyman from Middlesex County."

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