Former Acting Governor Is 13th Member of Redistricting Commission
The Republican and Democratic parties have agreed to the selection of John Farmer Jr as the 13th member of the Congressional Redistricting Commission. Farmer is the dean of the Rutgers University Law School and was Attorney General during the Whitman and DiFranceso administrations. He was legal counsel to Alan Rosenthal, the tie breaking member of the state legislative reapportionment commission.
Farmer was Acting Governor for ninety minutes on Janurary 8, 2002, according to his Wikipedia page.
Posted: July 20th, 2011 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Congressional Redistricting | Tags: Congressional Redistricting, John Farmer Jr | 4 Comments »