Chester A. Weidenburner (December 3, 1913 – December 8, 1985) was an American lawyer and judge who served as

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and as a Judge of the

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Biography

Chester Arthur Weidenburner was born in

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in 1913. He graduated from Linden High School in Linden,

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in 1931 and attended Union Junior College (now

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) in Cranford. He went on to attend

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and then received an

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degree from

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in 1938. During

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he served in the

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. Weidenburner served as Secretary of the Speaker of the

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in 1948 and as Assembly Parliamentarian in 1949. From 1953 to 1956 he was Assistant Prosecutor of Union County In October 1956, he was appointed

. He served until 1961. He went on to serve as Judge for the Union County Court from 1962 to 1966. In September 1966 he was appointed to the

. Weidenburner retired from the bench in 1978. He died at the Elizabeth General Medical Center in

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in 1985 at the age of 72.

References

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