Frederic Remington Jr. (November 14, 1929 – January 2, 2016) was an American

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politician who served in the

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from 1978 to 1982.

Early life and business career

Remington graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in

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and attended

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and

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. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard for two years. He was the Vice President and Director of the Peerless Tube Company. Peerless Tube, a family business, was among the first companies to incorporate plastic caps and necks in its squeezable metal tubes designed for toothpaste, paints and medicines.

Political career

In 1967, Remington became a candidate for the

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, but lost the Republican Primary by just 156 votes, 19,243 to 19,087, to

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, who went on to win the General Election. He ran again for State Senator in 1971, winning the GOP primary but losing the General Election by nearly 12,000 votes. Remington was elected to serve as the Republican State Committeeman from Essex County in 1969, and was re-elected in 1973. He was elected Essex County Republican Chairman in 1973, and was re-elected in 1975 against a strong challenge from former State Senator

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. When

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gave up his State Assembly seat in 1977 to run for

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, Remington became a candidate for the

. He won the Republican Primary, finishing second in a field of seven candidates; he defeated Wayne Mayor

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by 1,237 votes, 7,685 to 6,448. In the General Election Coburn lost by 7,330 votes; , Remington defeated Livingston Mayor Donald S. Coburn by 7,330 votes; incumbent

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was the top vote getter with 34,859, followed by Remington (30,754), Coburn (23,434) and Bernard Reiner, a History Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University (21,553). He was re-elected in 1979, defeating a well-financed campaign from Democrat Jim Bildner, the heir to the Kings Supermarket fortune. Remington won by 1,964 votes, 20,258 to 18,294. In 1981,

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gave up his New Jersey Senate seat to become a Republican gubernatorial candidate. Burgio and Remington both wanted to run for the Senate, but when their shared hometown of

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was moved into a different district, neither of them ran for anything. Remington died on January 2, 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Remington, Frederic 1929 births 2016 deaths Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly American business executives United States Coast Guard enlisted Temple University alumni Politicians from Elizabeth, New Jersey Politicians from Essex County, New Jersey People from North Caldwell, New Jersey Thomas Jefferson High School (New Jersey) alumni New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni