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Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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MINISH, Joseph George, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Throop, Lackawanna County,
Pa., September 1, 1916; attended the public schools; graduated from Dunmore
(Pa.) High School in 1935; served in the United States Army, 1945-1946;
executive secretary of Essex-West Hudson Council, Congress of Industrial
Organizations, 1954-1960, and executive director, Essex-West Industrial Union
Council, AFL-CIO, 1960-1962; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to
the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1985); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress; died on November 24,
2007, in Livingston, N.J.
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