- Term: Oct. 28, 1957 - June 15, 1973
- Status: Deceased - Oct. 2, 1996
Justice Proctor was born June 16, 1903, in Asbury Park. He was graduated from Neptune High School, 1922; Lafayette College, 1926, and Yale Law School, 1929, and was associate editor of the Yale Law Journal. Justice Proctor served in the General Assembly, 1936 and 1937. He was Judge of the District Court of the First Judicial District Monmouth County, appointed in 1937. He resigned from the District Court bench and was elected Senator from Monmouth County in 1939 and was re-elected in 1941 and 1944. He was Chairman of the Joint Appropriations Committee for the years 1942 and 1943.
He was Senate Majority Leader in 1945 and President of the Senate in 1946, serving four times as Acting Governor during the absence of Governor Edge. On Dec. 30, 1946, at a special session, he was nominated by Governor to the Circuit Court Judge vacancy. He was at once confirmed but announced that he would remain in the Senate until the end of the term. He was sworn in as Circuit Court Judge on March 12, 1947, and on Sept. 15, 1948, he became a Superior Court Judge. He was a delegate to the New Jersey Constitutional Convention of 1947. He was reappointed by Governor Driscoll in 1958.
On Aug. 19, 1957, he was nominated by Governor Meyner to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and was confirmed immediately by the Senate. His commission was effective Oct. 28, 1957, at the expiration of Justice Oliphant's term. Justice Proctor retired from the Court on June 15, 1973. He died on Oct. 2, 1996, at the age of 93.
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