Thomas J. Deverin | |
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Member of the New Jersey General Assembly | |
In office January 13, 1970 – January 14, 1992 Serving with John T. Gregorio and Raymond Lesniak (21st district), Raymond Lesniak, Thomas W. Long and George Hudak (20th district) | |
Preceded by | Robert Wilentz |
Succeeded by | Thomas G. Dunn |
Constituency | District 7C (1970–1974) 21st Legislative District (1974–1982) 20th Legislative District (1982–1992) |
Personal details | |
Born | Perth Amboy, New Jersey | July 7, 1921
Died | December 23, 2010 Edison, New Jersey | (aged 89)
Political party | Democratic |
Thomas J. Deverin (July 7, 1921 – December 23, 2010) was an American Democratic Party politician who served 11 terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1970 to 1992, where he represented District 7C to 1974, the 21st Legislative District until 1982, and then the 20th Legislative District when redistricting following the 1980 United States census relocated him there. At the time of his departure from the Assembly, Deverin's 22 years in office made him the most senior member in the Assembly.[1]