J. Edward Crabiel
| J. Edward Crabiel | |
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| New Jersey State Senator | |
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In office January 1966 – January 1974 |
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| Succeeded by | Bernard J. Dwyer |
| Senate Minority Leader | |
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In office January 1968 – January 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin B. Forsythe |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Beadleston |
| New Jersey Assemblyman | |
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In office January 1954 – January 1966 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin J. Snediker |
| Succeeded by | Robert Wilentz |
| Assembly Majority Leader | |
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In office January 1963 – January 1964 |
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| Preceded by | Elmer M. Matthews |
| Assembly Minority Leader | |
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In office January 1964 – January 1966 |
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| Secretary of State of New Jersey | |
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In office 1974–1977 |
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| Preceded by | Paul J. Sherwin |
| Succeeded by | Donald Lan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Joseph Edward Crabiel June 20, 1916 Milltown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | June 19, 1992 (aged 75) New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Doris Young Crabiel |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University–New Brunswick |
Joseph Edward Crabiel (June 20, 1916 – June 19, 1992) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate and as New Jersey Secretary of State until a scandal ended his political career. Known as "Steady Eddie," and later as "Concrete Eddie," he was briefly a candidate for the 1973 Democratic nomination for Governor of New Jersey.
Born June 20, 1916 in Milltown, New Jersey, he was the son of Milltown Councilman Joseph M. Crabiel and Helen Glock Crabiel. A brother, David Crabiel, was a longtime member of the Middlesex County Board of Freeholders and twice a candidate for Congress. Crabiel attended Milltown public schools, graduated from New Brunswick High School, and in 1936 received a BS in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University. In 1936 he joined the Franklin Construction Company as a Civil Engineer; he later served as President of Great Notch Granule Company and as President of F.E. Schroeder, Inc. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II where as a member of the 70th Naval Construction Battalion attached to the Amphibious Corps, he was part of the Battle of Okinawa. He continued to serve in the U.S. Naval Reserves until his retirement in 1953. He was married for 52 years to Doris Young Crabiel; they had a daughter and three grandchildren.
Crabiel was elected Mayor of Milltown in 1947, at the age of 31. He was re-elected in 1949. He was an Alternate Delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention, pledged to Harry S. Truman.
He was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly representing Middlesex County in 1953, and was re-elected in 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1963. During his twelve year as an Assemblyman, he served as Assistant Majority Leader (1962), Majority Leader (1963), and Minority Leader (1964 and 1965).
In 1965 after the U.S. Supreme Court, in Reynolds v. Sims (more commonly known as One Man, One Vote), required redistricting by state legislatures for congressional districts to keep represented populations equal, as well as requiring both houses of state legislatures to have districts drawn that contained roughly equal populations, and to perform redistricting when needed. Because of its population, Union County gained a second Senate seat.
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