1. John Herbert Adler was an American lawyer, politician and a member of the Democratic Party who served for one term as the US representative for from 2009 until 2011.
35 Facts About John Adler
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Only a few months after leaving the House, John Adler unexpectedly died after suffering from endocarditis as a result of getting a staph infection.
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John Adler's ancestry included German, English, and Irish.
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John Adler moved to Haddonfield, New Jersey when he was two years old.
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When John Adler was in high school, his father died after a series of heart attacks.
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John Adler earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
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John Adler paid for law school through student loans, grants, and working odd jobs throughout college.
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From 1988 until 1989, John Adler served on the Cherry Hill Township Council.
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In 1990, John Adler challenged incumbent Jim Saxton for his seat in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District.
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John Adler was elected in 1991 to the New Jersey Senate, where he served from 1992 until 2009 representing New Jersey's 6th Legislative District.
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John Adler served on the New Jersey Israel Commission since 1995, and on the New Jersey Intergovernmental Relations Commission from 1994 to 2002.
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John Adler was co-sponsor of the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act, enacted in 2006, which banned smoking in almost all public places.
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John Adler was one of three co-sponsors of a Senate bill submitted in 2008 that would extend the smoking ban to casinos and simulcasting facilities, which had been exempted in the earlier version of the ban.
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John Adler co-sponsored legislation that strips government pensions from public employees who are convicted of or plead guilty to corruption charges.
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John Adler co-sponsored a bill that would expand voting rights for military personnel and New Jersey citizens overseas to include state and local elections.
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US Congressman John Adler was ranked by The National Journal as one of the ten most centrist members in the House of Representatives.
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John Adler is ranked as 50.5 percent liberal and 49.5 percent conservative.
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John Adler was in favor of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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John Adler voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and later voted to end the program.
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In January 2009, John Adler announced his first bill as a US Representative: the Safeguarding America's Seniors and Veterans Act, which mandated a one-time payment of $500 to persons eligible for Social Security, railroad retirement, or veterans disability benefits.
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In November 2009 and March 2010, John Adler voted against House and the Senate Health Care bills.
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John Adler did not sign a petition circulated by Iowa Republican Steve King calling for a complete repeal of the law.
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John Adler voted in favor of the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
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On September 20,2007, John Adler announced that he planned a second challenge to Saxton.
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John Adler had raised the most money in the country of any non-incumbent congressional candidate.
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John Adler received a number of endorsements for the election, including those from the Teamsters, Fraternal Order of Police, National Association of Police Organizations, Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey, New Jersey Environmental Federation, The Sierra Club, the Humane Society Legislative Fund, The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Health Care, and the Recreational Fishing Alliance.
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John Adler was endorsed by the Press of Atlantic City, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times, the Burlington County Times, the Courier-Post, Myers received the endorsement of the Asbury Park Press.
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John Adler was sworn into his position as the Congressman from the 3rd district of New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives on January 6,2009, the first Democrat to represent this district in 123 years.
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John Adler lost the 2010 midterm election to Republican nominee Jon Runyan.
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Similar to in 2004, State Senator John Adler was one of the first elected officials in New Jersey to go against the party establishment in his presidential endorsement during the 2008 election cycle.
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John Adler endorsed Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination when the majority of other New Jersey Democratic politicians supported initial frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
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John Adler converted to her faith of Judaism in 1985, having been raised an Episcopalian.
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In March 2011, John Adler contracted a staph infection which resulted in endocarditis, leading to emergency heart surgery.
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John Adler was buried in Locustwood Memorial Park, Cherry Hill Township.
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In 2012, Shelley John Adler unsuccessfully ran against Runyan for John Adler's old US House seat.