Brendan Byrne: Difference between revisions

On June 27, 1953, he married [[Jean Byrne|Jean Featherly]],<ref name=rutbio>{{cite web|title=Governor Brendan T. Byrne Biography|url=http://governors.rutgers.edu/on-governors/nj-governors/governor-brendan-t-byrne-administration/governor-brendan-t-byrne-biography|website=Center on the American Governor|publisher=[[Rutgers University]]|access-date=December 21, 2014|archive-date=October 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014082057/http://governors.rutgers.edu/on-governors/nj-governors/governor-brendan-t-byrne-administration/governor-brendan-t-byrne-biography|url-status=dead}}</ref> with whom he had seven children.<ref name="FFLD"/> Byrne's son, Tom Byrne, was the [[New Jersey Democratic State Committee]] chair in the 1990s and was a prospective candidate for the [[United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2000|U.S. Senate race in 2000]], before withdrawing in favor of eventual winner [[Jon Corzine]], who later became [[Governor of New Jersey|governor]].<ref name="Bloombergobit" /> Brendan's oldest granddaughter, Meaghan, who also saved Brendan's life with the Heimlich at Nero's Grille in April 2016, works as a legislative staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives.<ref>{{Cite web |title=meaghan byrne - LegiStorm Search Results |url=https://www.legistorm.com/search/search.html?textsearch=meaghan+byrne |access-date=2021-08-12 |website=www.legistorm.com}}</ref>