William Spearman should not be confused with Willie Spearman.
| Office1: | Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 5th District |
| Term Start1: | June 30, 2018 |
| Alongside1: | Patricia Egan Jones Bill Moen |
| Predecessor1: | Arthur Barclay |
| Office2: | Member of the Camden, New Jersey City Council |
| Term Start2: | January 1, 1994 |
| Term End2: | December 31, 2011 |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 1958 |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Alma Mater: | Rutgers University (BS) Temple University (MBA) |
| Residence: | Camden, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Website: | Legislative Webpage |
William W. Spearman (born February 27, 1958) is an American Democratic Party politician from Camden, who has represented the 5th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since taking office on June 30, 2018.
Raised in Camden, New Jersey, Spearman graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School (since renamed as Eastside High School) and Rutgers University before attending Temple University, where he earned an M.B.A.[1]
Before taking office in the Assembly in June 2018, Spearman had served on the Camden city council from 2006 to 2011 and had been employed for a decade with the South Jersey Transportation Authority, serving for five years as the agency's ethics liaison officer. He was chosen by the county Democratic Party committee on June 27, 2018 [2] to succeed Arthur Barclay, who had resigned from office earlier that month after being arrested for assault.[3]
Committee assignments for the current session are:[4]
Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly.[5] The representatives from the 5th District for the 2024—2025 Legislative Session are:[6]
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