Stephen B. Wiley
| Stephen B. Wiley | |
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| Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 23rd district |
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In office January 8, 1974 – January 10, 1978 |
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| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | John H. Dorsey |
| Member of the New Jersey Senate from the 10th at-large district |
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In office November 12, 1973 – January 8, 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph J. Maraziti |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated |
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Stephen Bradford Wiley June 21, 1929 Morristown, New Jersey |
| Died | October 8, 2015 (aged 86) Shelburne, Vermont |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Alexander Wiley |
| Children | three |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University Columbia Law School |
Stephen Bradford Wiley (June 21, 1929 – October 8, 2015) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1973 to 1978, where he represented Morris County. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in the 1985 Democratic primary election.
Wiley was born on June 21, 1929 in Morristown to Katharine (née Pellett) and J. Burton Wiley and attended Morristown High School, graduating in 1947. His father had been the district's superintendent of schools. He earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1951 and was awarded a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1954, before going on to serve in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. After completing his military service, Wiley was named in 1957 to serve as Assistant Prosecutor for Morris County. He was named in 1960 as legal counsel to Governor of New Jersey Robert B. Meyner.
A resident of Morris Township, Wiley was a practicing attorney, specializing in litigation in federal and state courts. After Meyner left office in 1962, he and Wiley formed a law practice. As of 1973, Wiley joined the firm of Wiley, Malehorn and Sirota in Morristown.
In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal in 1973, Wiley ran for the State Senate in two separate but concurrent elections. One election was a special election in the 10th legislative district, consisting of the entirety of Morris County, to fill the remaining term of Joseph J. Maraziti who had been elected to the United States House of Representatives in the previous year. The other election was for a four-year term in the newly formed 23rd Legislative District consisting of central Morris County municipalities. In both elections, he faced Republican Assemblywoman Josephine Margetts. He defeated her in both elections (by two points in the special election and by six in the regular election) becoming the first Democrat to win a Senate seat from Morris County in sixty years.
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