Alfred E. Driscoll

Alfred E. Driscoll
43rd Governor of New Jersey
In office January 21, 1947 – January 19, 1954
Preceded by	Walter Evans Edge
Succeeded by	Robert B. Meyner
Member of the New Jersey Senate
In office 1939-1941
Personal details
Born	(1902-10-25)October 25, 1902 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	Haddonfield, New Jersey
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Antoinette Ware Tatem
Religion	Presbyterian

Alfred Eastlack Driscoll (October 25, 1902 – March 9, 1975) was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey Senate (1939–1941) representing Camden County, who served as the 43rd Governor of New Jersey, and as president of Warner-Lambert (now a part of Pfizer).

Biography

He was born on October 25, 1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Driscoll graduated from Williams College in 1925, and was awarded an LL.B. degree from Harvard University in 1928.

He served as Governor of New Jersey from 1947 to 1954 where he was a proponent for the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. From the time of their construction, these two major transportation links would transform the agrarian "Garden State" into the most densely populated state in the union. The Driscoll Bridge on the Garden State Parkway across the Raritan River was named in his honor, and a failed planned extension of the New Jersey Turnpike (similar in nature to the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension) would have also borne his name. Driscoll served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from New Jersey in 1948 and 1952, and he was considered for the vice presidential nomination at the 1952 convention.

Driscoll, a Republican, gave William J. Brennan a Democrat, his first judicial appointment in 1949. It was a seat on the New Jersey Superior Court. In 1951, Driscoll promoted Brennan to the New Jersey Supreme Court, where he served until appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.

Driscoll died on March 9, 1975 in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Although he was a Presbyterian, Driscoll was buried at the Haddonfield Baptist Churchyard.

See also

• List of Governors of New Jersey

External links

• Biography of Alfred E. Driscoll (PDF), New Jersey State Library
• Political Graveyard info for Alfred E. Driscoll

Political offices
Preceded by Walter Evans Edge	Governor of New Jersey January 21, 1947 – January 19, 1954	Succeeded by Robert B. Meyner
Party political offices
Preceded by Walter Evans Edge	Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey 1946, 1949	Succeeded by Paul L. Troast
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by William Collins	President of the National Municipal League December, 1962–1970	Succeeded by William W. Scranton