Harold Capistran Hollenbeck (born December 29, 1938) is an American

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politician who represented

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in the

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from 1977 to 1983.

Life and career

Born in

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, Hollenbeck grew up in

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and graduated from

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."Plosia, Hollenbeck Picked as Candidates; East Rutherford GOP-Independent Membership Names 2 Unanimously"
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'', May 27, 1966. Accessed April 25, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "In what was described as a mood of 'high optimism,' the members of the Republican-Independent Club last night unanimously nominated James L. Plosia and Harold C. Hollenbeck to run for the two council seats up for grabs this November.... A 27-year resident of the borough, Hollenbeck was a graduate of East Rutherford High School and enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University." He received a B.A. from

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, Rutherford (1961) and was awarded an LL.B. from the

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in 1964. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1965 and commenced practice in

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. He served as member of the East Rutherford Borough Council from 1967 to 1969, and in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1972. He was in the

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from 1972 to 1974. He served as delegate to the

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. Hollenbeck was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth Congress, unseating scandal-tainted Democrat

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by a solid margin. He was reelected the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1983) and compiled a moderate, pro-labor record. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress, a victim of redistricting and negative campaigning by

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, who unseated him by a 54% to 46% margin. He was appointed a judge by

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Thomas Kean, to the New Jersey Superior Court and sworn in July 1, 1987, and subsequently moved to family court. He has been a resident of Ridgewood, New Jersey.

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