John ‘Jack’ Rafferty, former N.J. assemblyman and first full-time mayor of Hamilton, dead at 82
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
Former Hamilton Mayor Jack Rafferty photographed in a sun room at his home in Hamilton in this 2013 file photo. Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com(Michael Mancuso | NJ Advance Media)
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John K. “Jack” Rafferty, a one-time New Jersey state assemblyman but better known as the long-time mayor of Hamilton, Mercer County, died Wednesday at the age of 82.
Rafferty dedicated roughly 30 years of his life to public service, serving six years on the then Hamilton Township Committee (now council) prior to being elected the municipality’s first full-time mayor from 1976 to 1999. From 1986 to 1988, he also represented the 14th Legislative District in the state Assembly.