Thomas J. Shusted
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| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 6th Legislative District |
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In office January 10, 1978 – January 31, 1991 Serving with John A. Rocco |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Berman and Mary Keating Croce |
| Succeeded by | Lee Solomon |
| Member of the Camden County Board of chosen freeholders |
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In office 1972–1977 |
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| Member of the New Jersey State Assembly from the Legislative District 3D |
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In office January 13, 1970 – January 11, 1972 Serving with James M. Turner |
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| Preceded by | Leonard H. Kaser and Walter E. Pedersen |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth A. Gewertz and Francis J. Gorman |
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August 3, 1926 Ocean City, New Jersey |
| Died | March 31, 2004 (aged 77) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary McCrystle (m. 1954) |
| Children | four sons and one daughter |
| Residence | Haddonfield, New Jersey |
| Alma mater |
La Salle University Rutgers School of Law–Camden |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Thomas J. Shusted (August 3, 1926 – March 31, 2004) was an American attorney and politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly on two separate occasions, representing Legislative District 3D from 1970 to 1972 and the 6th Legislative District from 1978 to 1991.
Born in Ocean City, New Jersey on August 3, 1926, Shusted attended Camden Catholic High School and served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946. He did his undergraduate studies at La Salle University. After earning his law degree from Rutgers School of Law–Camden, he was admitted to the bar in 1954.
He had four sons and a daughter with his wife, the former Mary McCrystle, whom he married in 1954.
Shusted was appointed as a municipal judge in the Borough of Laurel Springs three years after passing the bar. He was elected to the Camden County Board of chosen freeholders, serving from 1964 to 1969, the last two as Freeholder Director.
Shusted was elected in 1969 together with Republican running mate James M. Turner to serve in the New Jersey General Assembly to represent Legislative District 3B, one of four pairs of representatives from the 3rd Legislative District, which was further divided into four Assembly districts (Districts 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D); District 3B included portions of both Camden County and Gloucester County.
Shusted was appointed in February 1971 by Assembly Speaker Barry T. Parker to fill the vacant seat that had been held by James T. Dowd as a member of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, an independent governmental fact-finding agency responsible for identifying and investigating organized crime, corruption and waste, fraud and abuse in government, and was the first county prosecutor to serve on a full-time basis in Camden County. In 1973, after a number of cases in which police were unable to get blood samples from suspected drunk drivers, county prosecutor Shusted advocated for legislation that would grant immunity to doctors to allow them to take blood from suspected drunk drivers involved in fatal accidents in response to requests from law enforcement officials as a means of determining the driver's blood alcohol content.
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