Robert B. Meyner
| Robert B. Meyner | |
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| 44th Governor of New Jersey | |
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In office January 19, 1954 – January 16, 1962 |
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| Preceded by | Alfred E. Driscoll |
| Succeeded by | Richard J. Hughes |
| Member of the New Jersey Senate | |
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In office 1948–1951 |
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| Born |
Robert Baumle Meyner July 3, 1908 Easton, Pennsylvania |
| Died | May 27, 1990 (aged 81) Captiva, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Stevenson Meyner |
| Alma mater |
Lafayette College Columbia Law School |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Robert Baumle Meyner (July 3, 1908 – May 27, 1990) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 44th Governor of New Jersey, from 1954 to 1962. Before being elected governor, Meyner represented Warren County in the New Jersey Senate from 1948 to 1951.
Meyner was born on July 3, 1908 in Easton, Pennsylvania, to Gustave Herman Meyner, Sr. (1878–1950) and Maria Sophia Bäumle (1881–1968). His father was a German American silk worker from Manchester, New Hampshire. His mother was German, but born in Birsfelden near Basel, in Switzerland, to Robert Bäumle from Harpolingen, Baden and to Franziska Oliva Thüring from Istein, Baden. Robert had an older brother, Gustave Herman Meyner Jr. (1907–1996). He also had a younger sister, Olive F. Meyner Wagner (1913–1982).
In 1916, the Meyner family moved across the state border to Phillipsburg, New Jersey. They briefly settled in Paterson, New Jersey but had returned to Phillipsburg by 1922. Meyner graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1926, and entered Lafayette College, where he majored in government and law. He was a brother of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. In 1928, Meyner formed a club supporting Al Smith as a Presidential candidate in the United States presidential election, 1928. Smith was the nominee of the Democratic Party but lost the election to Herbert Hoover of the Republican Party.
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