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'''Charles William Sandman, Jr.''' (October 23, 1921 &ndash; August 26, 1985)<ref name=findagrave>Charles W. “Charlie” Sandman Jr. (1921-1985) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed November 12, 2021.</ref> was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[attorney]] and [[politician]] who represented Cape May County in the [[New Jersey]] Senate from 1954 to 1966 and District 2 in the southern portion of his state in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for four terms from 1967 to 1975.  

'''Charles William Sandman, Jr.''' (October 23, 1921 &ndash; August 26, 1985)<ref name=findagrave>Charles W. “Charlie” Sandman Jr. (1921-1985) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed November 12, 2021.</ref> was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[attorney]] and [[politician]] who represented Cape May County in the [[New Jersey]] Senate from 1954 to 1966 and District 2 in the southern portion of his state in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for four terms from 1967 to 1975.  

Sandman (pronounced Sand Man) ran for the Republican nomination for [[Governor]] of New Jersey three times. Because New Jersey state elections are held in off years, he could run without forfeiting his seat in the U.S. House.. In 1965, he lost to state Senator Wayne Dumont, Jr. (1914-1992). In 1969, Sandman lost again, this time to U.S. Representative William Thomas Cahill (1912-1996). In the spring of 1973, he finally received his party's nomination by defeating incumbent Governor Cahill. Then he was handily defeated in the [[general election]] by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Brendan Thomas Byrne (1924-2018), who served the first of two terms from 1974 to 1982.

Sandman (pronounced Sand Man) ran for the Republican nomination for [[Governor]] of New Jersey three times. Because New Jersey state elections are held in off years, he could run without forfeiting his seat in the U.S. House.. In 1965, he lost to state Senator Wayne Dumont, Jr. (1914–1992). In 1969, Sandman lost again, this time to U.S. Representative William Thomas Cahill (1912–1996). In the spring of 1973, he finally received his party's nomination by defeating incumbent Governor Cahill. Then he was handily defeated in the [[general election]] by the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Brendan Thomas Byrne (1924–2018), who served the first of two terms from 1974 to 1982.

==Background==

==Background==

Sandman was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], to Charles Sandman, Sr. (1897-1956), and Rose D. Sandman (1904-1983).<ref>Charles W Sandman Sr. (1897-1956) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed November 12, 2021.</ref> He graduated from Cape May High School, attained a bachelor's degree from [[Temple University]] in [[Philadelphia]], and a law degree from [[Rutgers University]] School of Law in Newark, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000045 "Sandman, Charles William, Jr., (1921 - 1985)"|title=Sandman, Charles William, Jr.|publisher=''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress,'' accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

Sandman was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], to Charles Sandman, Sr. (1897–1956), and Rose D. Sandman (1904–1983).<ref>Charles W Sandman Sr. (1897-1956) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed November 12, 2021.</ref> He graduated from Cape May High School, attained a bachelor's degree from [[Temple University]] in [[Philadelphia]], and a law degree from [[Rutgers University]] School of Law in Newark, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000045 "Sandman, Charles William, Jr., (1921 - 1985)"|title=Sandman, Charles William, Jr.|publisher=''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress,'' accessdate=November 12, 2021}}</ref>

He married the former Marion L. Cooney (born 1924)<ref>Marion Sandman (L), 97 - Cape May, NJ Public Reputation Profile at MyLife.com™, accessed November 12, 2021.</ref> of Philadelphia, and the couple had six children, Carol, William R. "Bill" Sandman (1950-2017), and Marion. His three other sons, Robert S. Sandman, Charles W. Sandman, III, and Richard E. Sandman followed in their father's legal footsteps and established a law practice in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

He married the former Marion L. Cooney (born 1924)<ref>Marion Sandman (L), 97 - Cape May, NJ Public Reputation Profile at MyLife.com™, accessed November 12, 2021.</ref> of Philadelphia, and the couple had six children, Carol, William R. "Bill" Sandman (1950–2017), and Marion. His three other sons, Robert S. Sandman, Charles W. Sandman, III, and Richard E. Sandman followed in their father's legal footsteps and established a law practice in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

==Career==

==Career==

''The Almanac of American Politics'' in ''The National Journal,'' 1987, p. 740.</ref> Sandman called for the hearing of the specifics of each charge against the President. After the release of the "smoking gun" transcript, however, Sandman announced he would vote to impeach Nixon when the articles came before the full House (as did every Republican who opposed impeachment in committee). He called the disclosure "devastating–impeachable."<ref name=Timemagazine>AllPolitics - Back in TIME for August 19, 1974 (cnn.com), accessed November 12, 2021.</ref>

''The Almanac of American Politics'' in ''The National Journal,'' 1987, p. 740.</ref> Sandman called for the hearing of the specifics of each charge against the President. After the release of the "smoking gun" transcript, however, Sandman announced he would vote to impeach Nixon when the articles came before the full House (as did every Republican who opposed impeachment in committee). He called the disclosure "devastating–impeachable."<ref name=Timemagazine>AllPolitics - Back in TIME for August 19, 1974 (cnn.com), accessed November 12, 2021.</ref>

In the 1974 congressional elections, which followed the resignation of President Nixon before he could be impeached, the Republicans faced many losses because of the [[Watergate]] scandal even though the individual House members had nothing to do with Watergate. Despite Sandman's change of heart on impeachment, his reputation in the televised hearings prevented his House reelection. He was soundly defeated by Democrat William John Hughes (1932-2019) in an election that Sandman described as "not a Republican year."<ref>Not a Republican Year,’ Sandman Says - The New York Times (nytimes.com), accessed November 12, 2021.</ref> In 1975, after he left Congress, [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Nelson Rockefeller]], the former governor of [[New York]], invited Sandman to join the [[Gerald Ford]] administration in an ambassadorship of his choice, but  Sandman declined and instead accepted appointment to the Superior Court of New Jersey from Moderate Republican Governor Thomas Howard "Tom" Kean (born 1935).

In the 1974 congressional elections, which followed the resignation of President Nixon before he could be impeached, the Republicans faced many losses because of the [[Watergate]] scandal even though the individual House members had nothing to do with Watergate. Despite Sandman's change of heart on impeachment, his reputation in the televised hearings prevented his House reelection. He was soundly defeated by Democrat William John Hughes (1932–2019) in an election that Sandman described as "not a Republican year."<ref>Not a Republican Year,’ Sandman Says - The New York Times (nytimes.com), accessed November 12, 2021.</ref> In 1975, after he left Congress, [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Nelson Rockefeller]], the former governor of [[New York]], invited Sandman to join the [[Gerald Ford]] administration in an ambassadorship of his choice, but  Sandman declined and instead accepted appointment to the Superior Court of New Jersey from Moderate Republican Governor Thomas Howard "Tom" Kean (born 1935).

==Legacy==

==Legacy==