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Chester Apy

Chester Apy (March 8, 1932 – May 30, 2021) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from District 5B from 1968 to 1970, and from 1972 to 1974.[1][2] First elected in 1967 in District 5B with Joseph Azzolina, he did not stand for reelection in 1969.[1] However, he ran again in 1971, and won a seat in the Assembly again serving another single term alongside Democrat Eugene J. Bedell.

Apy attended grammar school in Little Silver, Peddie School, Sherborne School (as an exchange student), and Princeton University, and earned an LL.B from Columbia University School of Law. A resident of Little Silver, he worked as an attorney and was a partner in a Red Bank law firm.[3]

He died on May 30, 2021, in Red Bank, New Jersey at age 89.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey on September 26, 1969 · Page 2". Newspapers.com. September 26, 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey on October 11, 1969 · Page 1". Newspapers.com. October 11, 1969. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, J.A. (1972). Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Wildstein, David (July 25, 2021). "Chester Apy, former assemblyman and victim of 1960s redistricting, dies at 89". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved July 25, 2021.