H. Roy Wheeler (November 14, 1904–February 1978) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the Mayor of Linden, New Jersey. He served as Mayor of Linden from 1952 to 1954, and on the Union County Tax Board. He was the Democratic nominee for State Senator in 1959 and came within 557 votes of defeating the Republican incumbent, Robert C. Crane. Crane died in 1962, and with the State Senate evenly divided at ten Republicans and ten Democrats, the Special Election would determine control of the upper house. Wheeler again ran for the Senate, this time against Republican Assemblyman Nelson Stamler, who won statewide fame in the 1940s and 1950s as a racket-busting prosecutor who waged a war on illegal gambling.
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14 November 1904 (age 120)
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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