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Why He's a Bridge

Alfred E. Driscoll

Posted December 19, 2007 by Terry Golway

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Most New Jerseyans know him as a bridge on the Garden State Parkway. But Driscoll earned that immortality as the first governor empowered by the Constitution of 1947. As a reformer, a champion of civil rights, and a conservationist, Driscoll set the template for future activist governors. He served from 1947 to 1954.

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