15 Facts About Joseph Minish

Joseph George Minish was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented in the United States House of Representatives.

Joseph Minish graduated Dunmore High School in 1935, and served in the United States Army from 1945 to 1946.

Joseph Minish was the executive secretary of the Essex-West Hudson Council, Congress of Industrial Organizations, from 1954 to 1960, and the executive director of the Essex-West Industrial Union Council, AFL-CIO, from 1960 to 1962.

Essex County Democratic leaders picked the 46-year-old Minish to defend the seat, which was considered to be politically competitive, especially in the mid-term election of President John F Kennedy.

Joseph Minish spent 22 years in the US House of Representatives, winning re-election easily.

Joseph Minish beat: attorney Leonard Felzenberg in 1966; George M Wallhauser, Jr.

The Newark Star-Ledger, which covered Joseph Minish's entire political career, said that he was a staunch party loyalist and supporter of organized labor who ran a strong constituent service operation but had no real impact on legislation.

Joseph Minish was a somewhat conservative Democrat by New Jersey standards.

Joseph Minish drew mediocre ratings from civil liberties groups, supported the Vietnam War, and opposed campaign finance reform and legalized abortion.

Joseph Minish was described as a low-key Democrat with few accomplishments.

Joseph Minish won some headlines for criticizing profiteering by defense contractors and accusing natural gas producers of price gauging.

Joseph Minish joked that the new map pushed his district so far to the west that he might as well be a congressman from Pennsylvania.

Joseph Minish lost, 133,662 to 106,038 to State Assembly Minority Leader and Morris County resident Dean Gallo.

Joseph Minish was a longtime resident of West Orange, New Jersey.

Joseph Minish was not backed by the Essex County Democratic Party leadership and was defeated in the primary by Richard Codey and Eldridge Hawkins.