Charles Michael Egan (October 13, 1877 – November 14, 1955) was an American
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between 1911 and 1917, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the
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in 1913. That year he sought to represent Hudson County in the New Jersey Senate. Egan won the election by 28,213 votes - the largest majority ever received for a county office in the state of New Jersey at the time. Egan was succeeded in the Senate by Cornelius Augustine McGlennon.
After leaving the Legislature, Egan served as an Assistant Hudson County Prosecutor, and in March 1923 Governor
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He was born on April 14, 1870, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.Honorary
Doctor of Laws
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degree by Saint Peter's College in 1935.
Egan was married to the former Eleanor Walsh, daughter of Congressman James J. Walsh of New York. The couple had three children - Charles M. Jr., James W., and Virginia. Egan died November 14, 1955, at the age of 78.