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5 unusual facts about Brendan Byrne


Alan B. Handler

In 1976 he resigned from the bench to serve as counsel to Governor Brendan Byrne.

Driscoll Expressway

The governor of the time, Brendan Byrne, tried to kill the proposal because of the negative environmental impact it would have.

Joseph Vincent Moriarty

In 1976, in his mid-60s, his sentence was commuted by New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne.

Renee Lane

She defeated Dr. Francis Byrne, brother of New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne in the primary election, and Republican Carmine Capone, the Mayor of Orange, New Jersey in the general election.

Resorts Casino Hotel

This situation produced massive lines outside of Resorts and people waited hours to get inside after Governor Brendan Byrne cut the ceremonial opening ribbon.


Anne Clark Martindell

She managed to beat incumbent State Sen. William E. Schluter in a year when Republicans battled the specter of the Watergate scandal and Democrats were buoyed by the landslide victory of Brendan Byrne as Governor of New Jersey.

Joseph P. Lordi

Gov. Richard Hughes named him as Director of the New Jersey Alcoholic Beverage Commission, and in 1968 as the Essex County Prosecutor, replacing Brendan Byrne.


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