Wesley Leonard Lance (November 21, 1908 – August 25, 2007) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as a member of both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate. Lance grew up in Glen Gardner, New Jersey, and attended Lafayette College and Harvard Law School. He was first elected to the Assembly in 1937, and to the Senate in 1941.

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  • Wesley Leonard Lance (November 21, 1908 – August 25, 2007) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as a member of both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate. Lance grew up in Glen Gardner, New Jersey, and attended Lafayette College and Harvard Law School. He was first elected to the Assembly in 1937, and to the Senate in 1941. Lance was a delegate to the 1947 constitutional convention that established the current New Jersey State Constitution, and to the 1966 convention that established the current New Jersey Legislature with 40 senators and 80 assemblymembers. He served in the Senate from 1942 to 1943, succeeding Arthur F. Foran, and stepped down to enter the United States Navy. He was reelected to the Senate in 1954 and served until 1962. He was Senate President during the 1959 term. Lance was a practicing lawyer for 70 years, including 64 years as the municipal attorney of Lebanon Township, New Jersey. His son, Leonard Lance, served in the Assembly from 1991 to 2002, in the New Jersey Senate from 2002 to 2009, and in the House of Representatives beginning in 2009. James Lance, Leonard's twin brother, is an attorney practicing in Clinton, New Jersey.
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  • Wesley Leonard Lance (November 21, 1908 – August 25, 2007) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as a member of both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate. Lance grew up in Glen Gardner, New Jersey, and attended Lafayette College and Harvard Law School. He was first elected to the Assembly in 1937, and to the Senate in 1941.
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  • Wesley Lance
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