Alfred E. Driscoll

Alfred E. Driscoll
43rd Governor of New Jersey
In office January 21, 1947 – January 19, 1954
Preceded by	Walter Evans Edge
Succeeded by	Robert B. Meyner
Member of the New Jersey Senate
In office 1939-1941
Personal details
Born	October 25, 1902 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	March 9, 1975 (aged 72) Haddonfield, New Jersey
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Antoinette Ware Tatem
Religion	Presbyterian

Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (October 25, 1902 – March 9, 1975) was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey Senate (1939–1941) representing Camden County, who served as the 43rd Governor of New Jersey, and as president of Warner-Lambert (now a part of Pfizer).

Biography

He was born on October 25, 1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Driscoll graduated from Williams College in 1925, and was awarded an LL.B. degree from Harvard University in 1928.^[1]

He served as Governor of New Jersey from 1947 to 1954 where he was a proponent for the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway.^[2] From the time of their construction, these two major transportation links would transform the agrarian "Garden State" into the most densely populated state in the union. The Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway across the Raritan River was named in his honor, and a failed planned extension of the New Jersey Turnpike (similar in nature to the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension) would have also borne his name. Driscoll served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from New Jersey in 1948 and 1952, and he was considered for the vice presidential nomination at the 1952 convention.^[3]

Driscoll, a Republican, gave William J. Brennan a Democrat, his first judicial appointment in 1949. It was a seat on the New Jersey Superior Court. In 1951, Driscoll promoted Brennan to the New Jersey Supreme Court, where he served until appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.

Driscoll died on March 9, 1975 in Haddonfield, New Jersey.^[2] Although he was a Presbyterian, Driscoll was buried at the Haddonfield Baptist Churchyard.

See also

• List of Governors of New Jersey

References

1. "Alfred E. Driscoll". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on March 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-27. Alfred E. Driscoll, the sixtieth governor of New Jersey, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 25, 1902. His education was attained at Williams College, where he graduated in 1925, and at Harvard University, where he earned an LL.B. degree in 1928. After establishing his legal career, Driscoll entered into politics. From 1938 to 1941 he served as a member of the New Jersey State Senate ...
2. "Alfred Driscoll Of Jersey Is Dead. First Two-Term Governor Initiated the Turnpike and Judicial Reform". Associated Press in the New York Times. March 9, 1872. Retrieved 2010-03-27. Former Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll died here today of a heart attack at his home. He was 72 years old.
3. Bowen, Michael (2011). The Roots of Modern Conservatism: Dewey, Taft, and the Battle for the Soul of the Republican Party. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780807834855.

External links

• Biography of Alfred E. Driscoll (PDF), New Jersey State Library
• Political Graveyard info for Alfred E. Driscoll

"Alfred E. Driscoll". Find a Grave. Retrieved August 9, 2010.