12 Facts About Joseph Cryan

Joseph Cryan previously served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2002 to 2015, where he represented the 20th Legislative District.

Joseph Cryan served on the Human Services Committee and the Law and Public Safety Committee.

Joseph Cryan was born on September 1,1961, in East Orange and raised Roman Catholic.

Joseph Cryan's father had been charged in Federal court with racketeering and corruption, though the judge in the case dismissed the charges due to prosecutorial mistakes and ended the proceedings against him.

The lawmaker's son, named John Joseph Cryan, was convicted of brutally beating a motorist with a baseball bat while two accomplices punched and kicked the victim, after a case of road rage that occurred when his father was in the General Assembly.

The younger Joseph Cryan was ordered by the court only to probation but he was later jailed for violating the terms of his sentence.

The New York Post reported that Joseph Cryan "graphically spelled out his kinky proclivities in more than 150 e-mails that he sent to" a former lobbyist for Prudential Financial who pleaded guilty to stalking his girlfriend in exchange for being allowed to participate in a pre-trial intervention program.

Joseph Cryan was born in East Orange, and currently resides in Union Township.

Joseph Cryan has served on the New Jersey State Democratic Committee since 2002, as Vice Chair.

On February 17,2006, Joseph Cryan was selected to be the head of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, succeeding Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Joseph Cryan stepped down after the selection of his successor John S Wisniewski on January 27,2010.

Joseph Cryan was replaced as state chairman in January 2010 by Assemblyman John Wisniewski.