Harold C. Hollenbeck Explained

Harold Hollenbeck
Birth Name:Harold Capistran Hollenbeck
Birth Date:29 December 1938
Birth Place:Passaic, New Jersey, U.S.
Office:Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court
Term Start:July 1, 1987
Term End:August 2008[1]
Appointer:Thomas Kean
State1:New Jersey
District1:9th
Term Start1:January 3, 1977
Term End1:January 3, 1983
Preceded1:Henry Helstoski
Succeeded1:Robert Torricelli
State Senate2:New Jersey
District2:13th
Term Start2:January 11, 1972
Term End2:January 8, 1974
Predecessor2:Multi-member district
Successor2:Joseph P. Merlino
State Assembly3:New Jersey
District3:13A
Alongside3:Peter J. Russo
Term Start3:January 9, 1968
Term End3:January 11, 1972
Predecessor3:District established
Successor3:Harold A. Pareti
Office4:Member of the East Rutherford Borough Council
Term Start4:1967
Term End4:1969
Party:Republican
Education:Fairleigh Dickinson University (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)

Harold Capistran Hollenbeck (born December 29, 1938) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for three terms from 1977 to 1983.

Life and career

Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Hollenbeck grew up in East Rutherford, New Jersey and graduated from East Rutherford High School.[2] He received a B.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford (1961) and was awarded an LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1964. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1965 and commenced practice in Ridgewood. He served as member of the East Rutherford Borough Council from 1967 to 1969, and in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1972. He was in the New Jersey Senate from 1972 to 1974. He served as delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention.

Congress

Hollenbeck was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth Congress, unseating scandal-tainted Democrat Henry Helstoski by a solid margin. He was reelected the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1983) and compiled a moderate, pro-labor record. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress, a victim of redistricting and negative campaigning by Robert Torricelli, who unseated him by a 54% to 46% margin.

Later life and career

He was appointed a judge by Governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean, to the New Jersey Superior Court and sworn in July 1, 1987, and subsequently moved to family court.

He has been a resident of Ridgewood, New Jersey.

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200212132412/https://www.law.virginia.edu/static/uvalawyer/html/alumni/uvalawyer/f08/60s.htm 1960s Class Notes
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100450561/candidates-selected/ "Plosia, Hollenbeck Picked as Candidates; East Rutherford GOP-Independent Membership Names 2 Unanimously"