Joseph Siegler was an American Democratic politician and jurist from Newark, New Jersey who served in the New Jersey General Assembly.
13 Facts About Joseph Siegler
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Joseph Siegler was the son of Louis and Bertha Siegler.
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From age nine until entering law school, Joseph Siegler worked as a paperboy.
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Joseph Siegler was a 1909 graduate of New York University Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1910.
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Joseph Siegler was married on March 25,1913 to Edith R Unterman.
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Joseph Siegler's brother-in-law was William Untermann, a Newark Police Court Judge and a Newark Democratic leader.
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Joseph Siegler was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly in 1918, and was re-elected in 1919.
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In 1927, Governor A Harry Moore appointed Siegler to serve as a Judge of the Essex County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.
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Joseph Siegler argued that juvenile delinquency was mostly a result of domestic unhappiness.
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Joseph Siegler advocated that jurisdiction of the juvenile court be extended from 16 to 21; it was later extended to 19.
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Joseph Siegler ran for the US House of Representatives in 1942, challenging two-term Republican Robert Kean.
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Joseph Siegler was defeated by 17,754 votes, 43,942 to 26,188.
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Joseph Siegler died of a heart ailment in 1957 at age 67.