James Wallwork
| James H. Wallwork | |
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| New Jersey State Senator | |
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In office January 1968 – January 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Maclyn Goldman |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Bubba |
| New Jersey Assemblyman | |
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In office January 1964 – January 1966 |
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| Preceded by | C. Robert Sarcone |
| Succeeded by | John F. Cryan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 17, 1930 Belleville, New Jersey |
| Spouse(s) | Lark Lataner |
James Harold Wallwork (born September 17, 1930 in Belleville, New Jersey) is an American Republican Party politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and twice sought the Republican nomination for Governor.
Wallwork was born September 17, 1930 in Belleville, New Jersey, the son of J. Harold Wallwork (1904-1985) and Lorraine Cameron Klick Wallwork (1905-1993). He grew up in Montclair, New Jersey, and was a 1952 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He was 13th in his class of 525. He attended the General Staff War College, where he finished first in his class of 400, and the Army Engineering School. He was the Company Commander of a Combat Engineer Company with the Army of Occupation in Germany. After he left active duty, he served as a Major in the Army National Guard.
He was an owner of Wallwork Bros., a plumbing, heating and refrigeration supply company, a family business started by his grandfather.
Wallwork was elected to the Republican County Committee in Montclair in 1957, and served as an aide to Assemblyman C. Robert Sarcone, the Assembly Minority Leader, in 1963.
He was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1963, defeating Democratic incumbent John J. Miller, Jr. by 2,185 votes. In 1965, he lost his bid for re-election to a second term, the casualty of Democratic Governor Richard J. Hughes' landslide re-election. He trailed Democrat David Mandelbaum by 26,003 votes.
Wallwork ran for the New Jersey State Senate in 1967. He won a hotly contested primary on a Reform Republican slate, finishing first in a field of thirteen candidates for six Senate seats elected At-Large in Essex County. The General Election turned out to be a strong environment for Republicans; it was the mid-term election of Governor Richard J. Hughes's second term. Republicans won all six Senate seats, with Wallwork running fourth. The four Democratic Senators elected in 1965 -- Nicholas Fernicola, John J. Giblin, Maclyn Goldman and Hutchins Inge—were all defeated.
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