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Birthday: 10/30/1951

Religion: Catholic

Website: http://www.house.gov/pallone

PALLONE, Frank, Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J., October 30, 1951; B.A., Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 1973; M.A., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Mass., 1974; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, N.J., 1978; lawyer, private practice; member, Long Branch, N.J., city council, 1982-1988; member of the New Jersey state senate, 1983-1988; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative James J. Howard, but was not sworn in because Congress had adjourned; elected at the same time to the One Hundred First Congress, and reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (November 8, 1988-present).