John Stanton Penn (November 19, 1926 - November 1, 2013)
was an American politician who served in the
New Jersey General Assembly
The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature.
Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts for ...
from the
16th Legislative District from 1984 to 1994.
Born in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
and raised in
Westfield, New Jersey
Westfield is a town in Union County, New Jersey, United States, located southwest of Manhattan. As of the 2010 United States census, the town's population was 30,316,[Wardlaw-Hartridge School
The Wardlaw+Hartridge School (commonly referred to as Wardlaw or W+H) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational day school located in Edison, New Jersey, United States, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is divided ...]
) and
Columbia College. He resided in
Far Hills, New Jersey
Far Hills is a borough in Somerset County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, the population was 919,[Bedminster, New Jersey
Bedminster is a township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the township's population was 8,165, reflecting a decline of 137 (−1.7%) from the 8,302 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in t ...]
at the time of his death.
[''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 205, Part 2'']
p. 246. J.A. Fitzgerald., 1993. Accessed December 13, 2022. "John S. Penn, Rep., Far Hills... Assemblyman Penn was born in New York Nov. 19, 1926. He went to Plainfield public schools and the Wardlaw School. He attended Columbia College, and studied appraisal methods at Rutgers."
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1926 births
2013 deaths
Columbia College (New York) alumni
People from Bedminster, New Jersey
People from Brooklyn
People from Far Hills, New Jersey
People from Westfield, New Jersey
Politicians from Somerset County, New Jersey
Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly
Wardlaw-Hartridge School alumni
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