Henry McNamara
{{short description|American politician}}
{{for|the Australian rules footballer|Henry McNamara (footballer)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Henry McNamara
|image =
|caption =
|state_senate = New Jersey
|district = 40th
|term_start = November 18, 1985
|term_end = January 8, 2008
|predecessor = Garrett W. Hagedorn
|successor = Kevin J. O'Toole
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|12|9}}
|birth_place = Passaic, New Jersey
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|8|27|1934|12|9}}
|death_place = Wyckoff, New Jersey
|party = Republican
}}
Henry P. McNamara (December 9, 1934 – August 27, 2018) was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1985 to 2008, where he represented the 40th Legislative District. In the Senate, he was Minority Whip from 1990 to 1991. He was also a member of the Senate Environment Committee and the Transportation Committee.
Biography
He was born in Passaic, New Jersey on December 9, 1934, and attended Pope Pius XII High School. He received a B.A. in 1956 from Seton Hall University in classical languages.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zJrtBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA245 Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition], p. 245. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC,, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2022. "Senator McNamara was born in Passaic Dec. 9, 1934. He attended St. Nicholas School, Pope Pius XII High School, and Seton Hall University, where he studied classical languages and received his degree in 1956."{{cite web|url=http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/McNamar.asp |title=Senator McNamara's Senate Website |accessdate=2005-04-25 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204002529/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/McNamar.asp |archive-date=February 4, 2008 }}, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 19, 2011. Before entering the Senate, McNamara spent six years in the New Jersey National Guard. Senator McNamara also spent a year as Mayor of Wyckoff in 1979, and served as Deputy Mayor in 1980, and was a member of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders from 1984 to 1986. In 2002, McNamara ran for County Executive of Bergen County, losing to Dennis McNerney in the general election.
McNamara decided against running for re-election in 2007 and announced he would step down at the end of his term in 2008.Gohlke, Josh. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MTA0MTc3JnlyaXJ5N2Y3MTdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5Mg== "Senate exodus: Why so many are retiring"], The Record, April 1, 2007. Accessed June 21, 2007.
McNamara sponsored New Jersey's open space trust fund, wrote the law to clean up underground storage tanks, re-wrote the laws governing toxic waste cleanup and led the way for a Brownfields law – a plan to get private investors to clean up polluted industrial sites and make those sites clean and useful again.
He died on August 27, 2018, in Wyckoff, New Jersey at age 83.{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/wyckoff/2018/08/27/henry-mcnamara-former-state-senator-wyckoff-dies-83/1115383002/ |title=Henry McNamara, former state senator from Wyckoff, dies at 83 |publisher=Northjersey.com |date=2018-08-27 |accessdate=2018-09-09}}
District 40
Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. At the end of McNamara's term, the other representatives from the 40th Legislative District were:
- Assemblyman David C. Russo, and
- Assemblyman Kevin J. O'Toole
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204002529/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/McNamar.asp |date=February 4, 2008 |title=Senator McNamara's Senate Website }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051028233112/http://www.njvoterinfo.org/cb/mcnamara.html New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003]
- [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/McNamaraH2006.pdf New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2006 (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627230530/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/McNamaraH2006.pdf |date=June 27, 2007 }}
- [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/McNamaraH2005.pdf New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922214330/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/McNamaraH2005.pdf |date=September 22, 2006 }}
- [http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/McNamaraH2004.pdf New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922214337/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ethics/FinancialDisclosure/McNamaraH2004.pdf |date=September 22, 2006 }}
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Category:County commissioners in New Jersey
Category:Republican Party New Jersey state senators
Category:People from Wyckoff, New Jersey
Category:Politicians from Bergen County, New Jersey
Category:Seton Hall University alumni