Joelson, Charles Samuel, 1916-1999

<p>Charles Samuel Joelson (January 27, 1916 – August 17, 1999) was an American lawyer and politician. Joelson, a Democrat, succeeded Gordon Canfield as the Representative for 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 Superior Court of New Jersey.</p>

<p>Joelson was born and raised in a Jewish family in Paterson, New Jersey. After graduating from Montclair Academy, he went on to college and attended Cornell University. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937, Joelson went to attend the university's law school. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1939, and was admitted to the bar in 1940. He first started his law practice in Paterson, New Jersey and continued until he enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942. During World War II, Joelson served as an ensign in the Far Eastern Branch of the Office of Naval Intelligence, where he learned and mastered the Japanese language. After the war, Joelson first ran for the House seat in New Jersey's 8th congressional district against incumbent Gordon Canfield. In a close election, Canfield captured 59,191 votes, just 148 more than Joelson, and was proclaimed the winner of the election. Joelson then served on Paterson's city counsel from 1949 to 1952.</p>

<p>He then served as deputy Attorney General in New Jersey's criminal investigation division for three years, starting in 1954. That same year, he again ran for the Representative seat for New Jersey's 8th District, but again lost to incumbent Gordon Canfield. Joelson received 45.1% of the vote, in comparison to Canfield's 54.8%. Afterwards, Joelson then went on to the Passaic County's Prosecutor's Office and then became the director of the state's criminal investigation division and served that post from 1958 to 1960.</p>

JOELSON, Charles Samuel, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 27, 1916; attended the public schools, graduated from Montclair Academy; Cornell University, B.A., 1937; law school of Cornell University, LL.B., 1939; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced the practice of law in Paterson, N.J.; enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942 and served in the Far Eastern Branch of the Division of Naval Intelligence; city counsel of Paterson, N.J., 1949-1952; deputy attorney general of the State's criminal investigation division, 1954-1956, and Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, 1956-1958; director of criminal investigation for the State of New Jersey, 1958-1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his resignation September 4, 1969, to become a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey; was a resident of Paramus, N.J., until his death on August 17, 1999.

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li> 11/05/1968 NJ District 8 Won 61.37% (+23.16%)</li>
<li> 11/08/1966 NJ District 8 Won 59.61% (+21.37%)</li>
<li> 11/03/1964 NJ District 8 Won 67.52% (+35.26%)</li>
<li> 11/06/1962 NJ District 8 Won 65.02% (+30.80%)</li>
<li> 11/08/1960 NJ District 8 Won 52.03% (+8.23%)</li>
<li> 04/19/1960 NJ District 08 - D Primary Won 92.36% (+84.72%)</li>
<li> 11/02/1954 NJ District 8 Lost 45.10% (-9.65%)</li>
<li> 11/02/1948 NJ District 08 Lost 47.40% (-0.12%)</li>
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