death_date birth_date birthname term_end death_place battles term_start spouse image name resting_place predecessor birth_place jr/sr party unit state successor article_title
3 june 2013 23 january 1924 frank raleigh lautenberg june 3 , 2013 january 3 , 2001 new york city , new york , u.s. world war ii january 3 , 2003 december 27 , 1982 lois levenson -lrb- 1956 -- 1988 -rrb- frank lautenberg , official portrait , 112th portrait.jpg frank lautenberg arlington national cemetery robert torricelli nicholas brady paterson , new jersey , u.s. united states senator democratic 3185th signal service battalion new jersey jeffrey chiesa jon corzine frank lautenberg

frank lautenberg

frank raleigh lautenberg -lrb- ; january 23 , 1924 june 3 , 2013 -rrb- was a united states senator from new jersey and a member of the democratic party .
originally from paterson , he first served in the united states senate from 1982 to 2001 ; after a brief retirement , he was asked by his party to run again after robert torricelli dropped out of the 2002 senate race due to a scandal .
lautenberg was re-elected to the senate and served from 2003 until his death in june 2013 , with jeffrey chiesa then filling the seat .
lautenberg was the last serving veteran of world war ii in the u.s. senate .
before entering politics , he was the chairman and chief executive officer of automatic data processing , inc. .
in his early years , he served overseas in the u.s. army signal corps from 1942 to 1946 as a part of the war effort , and after returning home his interest in american political events increased .
he has been called `` the last of the new deal liberals '' and was known for his legislative efforts against drunk driving , and his support of spending for amtrak and urban public transportation , for stronger environmental regulations , greater consumer protections , and investigations of wrongdoing by wall street .
