Walter J. Kavanaugh (June 30, 1933 – January 9, 2008) was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey Legislature for 32 years, representing the 16th Legislative District.
[1][2] His 32 years of service in the legislature made him the seventh-longest serving legislator in state history.
Senator Kavanaugh served on the Budget & Appropriations Committee and was Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Relations Commission.
[4] Before being elected to the Senate, Kavanaugh served in the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, the General Assembly, from 1976 to 1997.
[4] After Kavanaugh's death on January 9, 2008, Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine issued an executive order requiring that flags be flown at half staff in his memory on January 14, 2008, at all state and local government facilities across New Jersey.