district succeeded death_place birth_place party preceded term birth_date article_title state name
12th florence p. dwyer hallandale , florida , u.s. new york city , new york , u.s. republican republican george m. wallhauser january 3 , 1965 -- january 3 , 1967 26 may 1912 paul j. krebs
 new jersey paul j. krebs
paul j. krebs

paul joseph krebs -lrb- may 26 , 1912 -- september 17 , 1996 -rrb- was an american democratic party politician and u.s. representative for new jersey 's 12th congressional district .
before his election to congress , krebs was president of the new jersey state congress of industrial organizations -lrb- 1954 -- 1961 -rrb- and president of the new jersey united auto workers council -lrb- 1961 -- 1965 -rrb- .
he was elected in 1964 to the 89th united states congress , but he did not run for reelection in 1966 , after his seat was eliminated in redistricting .
he served as director for the new jersey state office of consumer protection under governor richard j. hughes from 1967 to 1970 .
krebs ran for the united states senate against republican incumbent clifford p. case in 1972 but lost by almost 30 points .
he ran for the house again in 1974 , but lost the democratic primary to frederick bohen , who lost the open seat race to millicent fenwick .
he died in september 1996 in hallandale , florida .
