Grover Cleveland Richman Jr. (October 1, 1911 – May 6, 1983) was an American lawyer who served as

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from 1951 to 1953 and

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from 1954 to 1958.

Biography

Richman was born in 1911 in Wenonah,

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, United States. His father, Grover Richman Sr., was a deputy State Attorney General from 1920 to 1929 and assistant counsel to the

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. He attended

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and then received his

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degree from

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and

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degree from the

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. He joined his father's law practice in 1936. Richman was chief counsel to the

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for New Jersey's southern counties from 1941 to 1942 and assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1944 to 1951. He was promoted to U.S. Attorney in January 1951, serving until his resignation in June 1953. In 1954, Governor

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appointed him

. Meyner nominated him for a second term in January 1958, but

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, the

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from Richman's home county of

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, exercised his right of

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and opposed the renomination. Despite Meyner's efforts to continue pushing through the appointment, Richman withdrew his name from consideration. Richman returned to private practice in 1958, serving as senior partner at Richman, Ferren, Tyler & Vecchio in

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. He also served as general counsel for the

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from 1958 to 1970 and as chairman of the

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from 1960 to 1965. A resident of

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, he died in 1983 of a heart ailment at the age of 71 at

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Westchester Division in

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References

External links

Official bio
Office of the

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.
Grover C. Richman
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