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'''Frank Raleigh Lautenberg''', (January 23, 1924 - June 3, 2013) was a longtime supporter of [[abortion]] and [[gun control]] as the five-term [[United States Senator]] from [[New Jersey]].   

'''Frank Raleigh Lautenberg''', (January 23, 1924 - June 3, 2013) was the five-term [[United States Senator]] from [[New Jersey]].   

Born January 23, 1924 in Paterson, New Jersey, Lautenberg served in the United States Army Signal Corps during [[World War II]]. After graduating from [[Columbia University]] in 1949 with a degree in [[Economics]], he founded Automatic Data Processing (ADP), the first payroll services company in the U.S.<ref>http://lautenberg.senate.gov/about/biography.cfm</ref>  Later, Lautenberg entered public service, first as commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (1978-1982) and then as U.S. Senator. He was elected as a [[Democrat]] in 1982 and re-elected in 1988 and 1994.<ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000123</ref> Having chosen not to run in 2000, he was tapped to replace Sen. Robert Torricelli as the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2002 after the latter's withdrawal due to unethical campaign financing.<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/01/elec02.nj.s.torricelli.race/</ref> Lautenberg went on to win election to the Senate for a fourth term.

Born January 23, 1924 in Paterson, New Jersey, Lautenberg served in the United States Army Signal Corps during [[World War II]]. After graduating from [[Columbia University]] in 1949 with a degree in [[Economics]], he founded Automatic Data Processing (ADP), the first payroll services company in the U.S.<ref>http://lautenberg.senate.gov/about/biography.cfm</ref>  Later, Lautenberg entered public service, first as commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (1978-1982) and then as U.S. Senator. He was elected as a [[Democrat]] in 1982 and re-elected in 1988 and 1994.<ref>http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000123</ref> Having chosen not to run in 2000, he was tapped to replace Sen. Robert Torricelli as the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2002 after the latter's withdrawal due to unethical campaign financing.<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/01/elec02.nj.s.torricelli.race/</ref> Lautenberg went on to win election to the Senate for a fourth term.