11 Facts About Maureen Ogden

Maureen Black Ogden was an American Republican Party politician who served seven terms in the New Jersey General Assembly between 1982 and 1996.

Maureen Ogden represented the 22nd Legislative District for five terms until 1992 and then was shifted to the 21st Legislative District where she served two terms of office.

Maureen Ogden attended the private all-girls Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey.

Maureen Ogden graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in 1950 and earned a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1963.

Maureen Ogden served as deputy mayor of Millburn, New Jersey from 1976 to 1979 and was its mayor from 1979 to 1981.

Maureen Ogden was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly to represent the 22nd District in 1981 with running mate Bob Franks and the two were re-elected to four terms of office together in 1983,1985,1987 and 1989.

Maureen Ogden was redistricted to the 21st District following the results of the 1990 Census, and was elected to two terms there with running mate Monroe Jay Lustbader.

Maureen Ogden served in the Assembly as Assistant Minority Whip from 1982 to 1985.

In 1992, Ogden co-sponsored a bill with Robert C Shinn, Jr.

That same year, Maureen Ogden was chief sponsor of a bill in the General Assembly that would give adoptees the opportunity to get access to their original birth certificates.

Maureen Ogden was married to Bob Ogden, who died in 2010, and they had three children, including former Summit councilman, Henry Ogden.