Frank M. Pelly (born August 3, 1933) is an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 18th Legislative District from 1982 to 1991.
[1] Born on August 3, 1933, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and raised there, Pelly graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1951.
[3] A resident of North Brunswick, New Jersey, Pelly served as a board of education trustee on the North Brunswick Township Public Schools, on the township council and as a member of the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
[4] In May 1991, Pelly was named by Governor James Florio to serve as executive director of the New Jersey Lottery, after Pelly announced that he would not be seeking re-election; he succeeded acting lottery head Russell R. Hart, who took over when Barbara Marrow-Mooring stepped down.
[4] In May 1994, Governor Christine Todd Whitman nominated Virginia E. Haines to succeed Pelly as head of the New Jersey Lottery.