U.S. Representative from New Jersey. Helen Day Stevenson was the distant cousin of Adlai Stevenson. She was a newspaper columnist and television interviewer in New Jersey and New York. She served in Korea with the American Red Cross during the Korean War. In 1957, she married Robert B. Meyner (44th Governor of New Jersey). A Democrat, she lost in her bid for Congress in 1972, but won in 1974. Meyner served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1979) before losing her bid for re-election in 1978. She moved to Captiva Island in Florida after her husband's death in 1990.
U.S. Representative from New Jersey. Helen Day Stevenson was the distant cousin of Adlai Stevenson. She was a newspaper columnist and television interviewer in New Jersey and New York. She served in Korea with the American Red Cross during the Korean War. In 1957, she married Robert B. Meyner (44th Governor of New Jersey). A Democrat, she lost in her bid for Congress in 1972, but won in 1974. Meyner served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1979) before losing her bid for re-election in 1978. She moved to Captiva Island in Florida after her husband's death in 1990.
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