Jay Pardee Rolison Jr. (April 5, 1929 – August 29, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician from
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who served in the
New York Senate from 1967 to 1990.
Life
He was born on April 5, 1929, in
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,
Morris County, New Jersey
Morris County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county's population was enumerated at 509,285, , the son of Jay Pardee Rolison (died 1987) and Margaret (Denman) Rolison (1900–1969). He attended
Seton Hall Preparatory School, and graduated
B.A. from
Providence College
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. He graduated
LL.B. from
Fordham Law School
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in 1954, and then worked for two years in the Judge Advocate General's Office at
Fort Gordon
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. Afterwards he practiced law in
Poughkeepsie, New York and entered politics as a
Republican. He married Barbara C. Hanley (born 1929), and they had two children.
Rolison was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
from 1967 to 1990, sitting in the
177th,
178th,
179th,
180th,
181st,
182nd,
183rd,
184th,
185th,
186th,
187th and
188th New York State Legislature
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Backgr ...
s. He became Assistant Majority Leader in 1985
He died on August 29, 2007, at his home in the
Town of Poughkeepsie
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,
Dutchess County, New York.
''Former state Sen. Rolison remembered''
in the '' Poughkeepsie Journal'' on September 3, 2007
References
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1929 births
2007 deaths
Politicians from Poughkeepsie, New York
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Providence College alumni
People from Madison, New Jersey
Fordham University School of Law alumni
Seton Hall Preparatory School alumni
20th-century American politicians