John T. Hendrickson Jr.

John T. Hendrickson Jr. (January 30, 1923 – September 25, 1999) was an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 9th Legislative District from 1982 to 1989. He served as Mayor of Eagleswood Township, New Jersey.[1]

John T. Hendrickson Jr.
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 9th Legislative District
In office
January 12, 1982 – September 1, 1989
Serving with Jorge A. Rod and Jeffrey Moran
Preceded byJohn Paul Doyle
Hazel Gluck
Succeeded byChristopher J. Connors
Personal details
Born(1923-01-30)January 30, 1923
Elizabeth, New Jersey
DiedSeptember 25, 1999(1999-09-25) (aged 76)
Political partyRepublican

Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Hendrickson graduated from Linden High School in nearby Linden.[2]

One of Hendrickson's legislative priorities was sustaining commercial and recreational clam harvesting activities in New Jersey.[3][4]

Hendrickson served as Mayor of Eagleswood Township for 12 years, part of his continuous service on the Township Committee from 1961 to 1984. He also served the community in a number of other ways, including membership on the Planning Board and the Volunteer Fire Company. He was a real estate appraiser, and past president of the Atlantic-Cape May Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers.[5]

Hendrickson was in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946, serving with an artillery unit in Europe in World War II. He was a former president of the Board of Education of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School. He also served as the Ocean County representative on the Pinelands Commission. Hendrickson was a charter board member of Southern Ocean County Hospital in Manahawkin.[6]

Hendrickson and his wife Adeline are buried at West Creek Cemetery in Eagleswood Township.[7]

References
  1. "Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey on October 28, 1987, Page 142". Newspapers.com. 1987-10-28. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  2. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 203, Part 2, p. 242. Accessed January 22, 2020. "Mr. Hendrickson was born Jan. 30, 1923, in Elizabeth. He is a graduate of Linden High School, and has taken property appraisal courses at Middlesex and Ocean County Colleges, and at Stockton State College."
  3. pages 62–63, Status and Trends of Hard Clam Shellfish Populations in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, November 2012. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  4. Sullivan, Joseph F. "Jersey Clammers Ask Who Will Police Them", The New York Times, April 6, 1988. Accessed January 22, 2020. "Assemblyman John T. Hendrickson, Republican of Eagleswood Township, in Ocean County, sponsored a bill that would transfer clamming enforcement to the marine police, which he called 'a more professional organization.'"
  5. page 246, New Jersey Legislative Manual 1986, Edward J. Mullin editor and publisher, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 5-11203.
  6. page B6, Obituary, Asbury Park Press, September 28, 1999. Accessed January 22, 2020.
  7. https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/240106/memorial-search?firstName=&lastName=hendrickson&page=1#sr-55388305
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