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Charles W. Sandman Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975
Preceded byThomas C. McGrath Jr.
Succeeded byWilliam J. Hughes
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from Cape May County
In office
1956–1966
Preceded byAnthony J. Cafiero
Succeeded bySeat eliminated
Personal details
Born

Charles William Sandman Jr.


October 23, 1921
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedAugust 26, 1985(1985-08-26) (aged 63)
Cape May Court House, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMarion L. Cooney
Children6

Charles William Sandman Jr. (October 23, 1921 – August 26, 1985) was an American Republican Party politician who represented Cape May County in the New Jersey Senate from 1954 to 1966 and represented southern New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1975. He ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey three times, losing to Wayne Dumont in 1965 and William T. Cahill in 1969, but finally receiving the nomination by defeating incumbent Governor Cahill in 1973. He lost the 1973 general election to Brendan Byrne in an historic landslide.

Biography

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Personal

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Sandman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Cape May High School, attained a bachelor's degree from Temple UniversityinPhiladelphia, and a law degree from Rutgers School of Law–Newark.[1]

Sandman married Marion L. Cooney of Philadelphia and they had six children.[2] Their sons, Robert S. Sandman, Charles W. Sandman III and Richard E. Sandman, followed their father's legal footsteps, establishing a law practice in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

Sandman had a stroke on August 18, 1985, and died at a hospital in Cape May Court House on August 26, aged 63.[2] At the time of his death, he was a resident of the Erma section of Lower Township, New Jersey,[2] and was interred in Cold Spring Presbyterian CemeteryinCold Spring, New Jersey.

Plaque at Cape May ferry terminal

Career

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Sandman served in the United States Army Air Corps as a navigator during World War II, and spent seven months as a prisoner of war in Germany after being shot down.[2]

Before serving in Congress, Sandman was elected to three 4-year terms in the New Jersey Senate, in 1955, 1959, and 1963. He held the post of Majority Leader of that body in 1964 and 1965. In 1966, he ran for Congress while still holding his State Senate seat, which he resigned upon winning the federal office. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventionsin1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968.

In 1973, Sandman ran for governor as a conservative, defeating moderate incumbent Republican William T. Cahill in the Republican primary election in a victory that "shocked party leaders", according to The New York Times.[3] In the general election, Sandman lost to Democrat Brendan Byrne in a landslide, following the pattern where New Jersey would often elect moderate Republicans to statewide office but consistently reject more conservative Republicans.

1973 – Charles W. Sandman (R), dining with "Mr. Atlantic City" Skinny D'Amato (C), and Chairman of the Committee to Legalize Gaming, Meyer I. (Mike) Segal (L).

Sandman was on the House Judiciary Committee when it considered articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon. He was the most vitriolic defender of Nixon in the hearings.[4] Notably, he insisted on hearing the specifics of each alleged impeachable offense. After the release of the "smoking gun" transcript, however, Sandman announced he would vote to impeach Nixon when the articles came up before the full House (as did every Republican who opposed impeachment in committee), calling their contents "devastating–impeachable."[5]

In the 1974 Congressional elections, Republicans suffered generally because of the Watergate scandal that had by the time of the election forced Nixon to resign. Despite Sandman's change of heart on impeachment, his reputation was severely tarnished by his performance in the televised hearings. He was soundly defeated by Democrat William J. Hughes, his opponent in 1974, in an election that Sandman described as "not a Republican year"[6] Following his defeat in his reelection bid for Congress, Sandman was approached by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to join the Ford administration in various capacities including an ambassadorship of his choosing, Sandman declined and instead opted to accept Governor Thomas Kean's invitation to be appointed to the bench of the Superior Court of New Jersey.

Legacy

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In 1986 all members of the Lower Township School District school board agreed to rename Lower Township Consolidated School to Charles W. Sandman Consolidated School.[7]

In the 2019 Apple TV+ series, For All Mankind, actor Saul Rubinek played Sandman in a fictional storyline about NASA, Wernher von Braun and other space issues.

References

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  1. ^ "Sandman, Charles William, Jr., (1921 - 1985)", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 22, 2019. "Sandman, Charles William, Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 23, 1921; graduated from Cape May High School, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., and Rutgers University Law School, Newark, N.J."
  • ^ a b c d Kerr, Peter (August 27, 1985). "Ex-Rep. Charles Sandman, Nixon Supporter, Dies". The New York Times. p. A20. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  • ^ Sullivan, Ronald. "Sandman Defeats Cahill In New Jersey's Primary; Democrats Select Byrne", The New York Times, June 6, 1973. Accessed September 22, 2019. "While the Byrne victory in the Democratic primary was anticipated, Mr. Sandman's surprisingly strong run in the Republican election shocked party leaders throughout the state."
  • ^ Barone, Michael; Ujifusa, Grant (1987). The Almanac of American Politics 1988. p. 740. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • ^ "The Unmaking of the President". Time. Vol. 104, no. 8. New York City. August 19, 1974 – via CNN AllPolitics-Back in Time.
  • ^ Narvaez, Alfonso A. "'Not a Republican Year,' Sandman Says", The New York Times, November 7, 1974. Accessed September 22, 2019. "'This was just not a Republican year,' Mr. Sandman said. 'They [the voters] held the incumbent Republicans responsible for the economic situation.'"
  • ^ Maher, Fred (February 22, 1986). "School? To Honor?". The Press of Atlantic City. The Lower Township Consolidated School soon will be renamed[...] - See previews at search page
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    U.S. House of Representatives
    Preceded by

    Thomas C. McGrath Jr.

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from New Jersey's 2nd congressional district

    January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975
    Succeeded by

    William J. Hughes

    Political offices
    Preceded by

    William E. Ozzard

    President of the New Jersey Senate
    1964-1965
    Succeeded by

    John A. Lynch Sr.

    Party political offices
    Preceded by

    William T. Cahill

    Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey
    1973
    Succeeded by

    Raymond Bateman


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