Frank Lautenberg
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg, born January 23, 1924 (age 101), is the senior 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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] Lautenberg went on to win election to the Senate for a fourth term.
Lautenberg is one of the Senate's most liberal members, receiving a lifetime average voting record of 93 from Americans for Democratic Action.[4]
