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Harry Larrison Jr.
Harry Larrison Jr. (May 28, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician, who served on the Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders from February 12, 1966, to December 2, 2004. The nearly 39 years that Larrison served marked the longest tenure of a Freeholder in New Jersey history. Biography Freeholder Larrison was born in Neptune Township, New Jersey, Neptune Township to Harry Larrison Sr. and Dorothy Brown Larrison; he attended local schools, graduating from Neptune High School in 1945. In 1946 he joined the Ocean Grove, New Jersey, Ocean Grove Fire Department, where he would later serve as Fire chief, chief. In 1956 he was appointed to the Neptune Township Public housing, Housing Authority and in 1960 Larrison was appointed to a vacancy on the Neptune Township Committee. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
