John T. Hendrickson Jr. (January 30, 1923 – September 25, 1999) was an American politician who served in the

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from the 9th Legislative District from 1982 to 1989. He served as Mayor of

Eagleswood Township, New Jersey Eagleswood Township is a township in Ocean County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 1,603, reflecting an increase of 162 (+11.2%) from the 1,441 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn decline ...

. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Hendrickson graduated from Linden High School in nearby Linden. One of Hendrickson's legislative priorities was sustaining commercial and recreational clam harvesting activities in New Jersey. Hendrickson served as Mayor of Eagleswood Township for 12 years, part of his continuous service on the Township Committee from 1961 to 1984. He also served the community in a number of other ways, including membership on the Planning Board and the Volunteer Fire Company. He was a real estate appraiser, and past president of the Atlantic-Cape May Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers. Hendrickson was in the

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from 1943 to 1946, serving with an artillery unit in Europe in

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. He was a former president of the Board of Education of the

Ocean County Vocational Technical School The Ocean County Vocational Technical School is a public school district based in Toms River that provides technical and vocational education to residents of Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The district provides a number of full-time p ...

. He also served as the Ocean County representative on the Pinelands Commission. Hendrickson was a charter board member of Southern Ocean County Hospital in Manahawkin. Hendrickson and his wife Adeline are buried at West Creek Cemetery in Eagleswood Township.

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