Horace Griggs Prall (March 6, 1881April 23, 1951) was a
New Jersey
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attorney and
Republican
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politician. He served for a number of years as a state legislator and a short term as acting
governor of New Jersey
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East Amwell Township, New Jersey
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. He attended
Harvard University
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(1906) and
New York University School of Law
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(LL.B. 1908). After almost two decades of practicing law, Prall was elected to the legislature, first to the
Assembly
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(1927–28), then to the
State Senate
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(1928–36), serving as president of that body in his last two years of tenure. After the resignation of Governor
A. Harry Moore
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, Prall served as Acting Governor for a brief period (January 3, 1935 – January 15, 1935). After completing his last term as a Senator, Prall became a judge on the Court of Common Pleas.
A resident of
Lambertville, New Jersey
Lambertville is a city in Hunterdon County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 3,906,heart attack
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at the age of 70 on April 23, 1951, in
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784."Horace G. Prall" ''
The New York Times
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'', April 24, 1951. Accessed May 29, 2013. "Trenton, April 23 – Horace G. Prall of Lambertville, former State Senator and Judge of Hunterdon County, died in a hospital here today of a heart attack."
National Governors Association
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