George Lawrence Record
George Lawrence Record (1859-September 27, 1933) was an American lawyer, activist, and politician from Jersey City, New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for several offices, including Governor of New Jersey and United States Senator. Though he lost all six of his attempts at elected office, Record held various state and municipal appointive offices and was a leading figure in the state's liberal progressive movement. He frequently brought suit against New Jersey public utilities as a consumer advocate and labor spokesman. In Jersey City politics, he was aligned with reformist Democrat Mark M. Fagan against party boss Frank Hague. Early life George Lawrence Record was born in Auburn, Maine, in 1859. He attended public schools in Auburn and received his law degree from Bates College. In the late 1880s, he settled in Jersey City and was admitted to the bar. Political career Record entered politics as a member of the Democratic Party in overwhelmingly Democratic Hudson County and was seen as a promising orator. In 1890, he was the foreman of a Hudson County grand jury which returned the first indictments against racetrack gamblers in the state, raising his profile as a crusader against vice. In 1892, he drafted the state's first