Jerome Epstein

Jerome M. Epstein (born March 15, 1937) is an American politician who served in the New Jersey Senate as a Republican from 1972 to 1974 and later went to federal prison for pirating millions of dollars worth of fuel oil. Born in New Brunswick, Epstein attended the Wardlaw-Hartridge School and graduated from Rutgers University in 1958. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was an executive with his family's fuel oil and gasoline distribution company. He was the Chairman of the Union County Health Board, and was a Legislative Aide to State Senator Nelson Stamler. A resident of Scotch Plains, Epstein was elected to the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1967 and served one term. In 1971, he was elected to the State Senate. He ran with two incumbent GOP Senators, Matthew John Rinaldo and Frank X. McDermott for the open seat of Nicholas LaCorte (R-Union), who had resigned to become ...