NJ Congressman Charles Joelson Hand Signed FDC From 1964 JG Autographs COA

  

"New Jersey Congressman" Charles Joelson Signed First Day Cover Dated 1964. This item is authenticated by JG Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity. (January 27, 1916 - August 17, 1999) was an American. New Jersey's 8th District. For eight years, lasting from 1961 until his resignation on September 4, 1969, when he became a judge in the.

Joelson was born and raised in a. He went on to college and attended. Degree in 1937, Joelson went to attend the university's. Degree in 1939, and was admitted to the bar in 1940. And continued until he enlisted in the. Joelson served as an ensign in the Far Eastern Branch of the. Where he learned and mastered the. After the war, Joelson first ran for the House seat in. New Jersey's 8th congressional district. In a close election, Canfield captured 59,191 votes, just 148 more than Joelson, and was proclaimed the winner of the election.

S city counsel from 1949 to 1952. He then served as deputy. S criminal investigation division for three years, starting in 1954.

That same year, he again ran for the. Joelson received 45.1% of the vote, in comparison to Canfield's 54.8%.

Afterwards, Joelson then went on to the. S Prosecutor's Office and then became the director of the state's criminal investigation division and served that post from 1958 to 1960. He won the seat for. S in the November 1960 election. Canfield was not a candidate for renomination in 1960, and so Joelson was pitted against Republican Walter P.

Joelson won the election by nearly 14,000 votes, capturing a 52%-43.8% majority. He was sworn into the.

As Congressman, one of Joelson's achievements was a piece of legislation in 1969 that saved many school libraries. The legislation appropriated over a billion dollars for public school libraries, remedial programs and guidance counseling. After his resignation, then-state cabinet member.

By special election on November 4, 1969 to fill the vacancy left by Joelson Joelson had asked the state's governor at the time. For a seat in the. He served on the bench for fifteen years, spending time in the. Joelson died at the age of 83 in.