George Lawrence Record

In Jersey City politics, he was aligned with reformist Democrat Mark M. Fagan against party boss Frank Hague.

[1] 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.

[1] In 1892, he drafted the state's first bill establishing a direct primary; it was introduced and defeated annually in the New Jersey Legislature.

[1] During the Woodrow Wilson administration, Record was appointed to the New Jersey Riparian Commission and the State Board of Equalization of Taxes.

[1] He ran for the following offices: He died from a cerebral hemorrhage on September 27, 1933, in the State Street Hospital in Portland, Maine.