Staff. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey; 1988 Edition, p. 244. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1988. Accessed October 25, 2016. "Assemblyman Shusted was born Aug. 3, 1926, in Ocean City. He attended Camden Catholic High School, LaSalle University, and Rutgers Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1954."
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Alberts, Lily. "The great garden state"Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, The Daily Princetonian, December 13, 2012. Accessed October 25, 2016. "Such a historically and scientifically important event clearly gave the hadrosaurus appropriate claim to the state title, and Ms. Berry’s classroom found two assemblymen, John A. Rocco and Thomas J. Shusted, to prepare and introduce the bill into the state legislature. From the beginning of the project in 1988 to its completion in 1991 — one 20th of the time the state legislature has spent considering and debating state songs – Strawbridge Elementary, in Haddon Township, had 97 students participate in the process."
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Executive Order #104, State of New Jersey, April 19, 2002. Accessed October 23, 2016. "Assemblyman Shusted held several important public offices in the State of New Jersey, including serving as Camden County's first full-time Prosecutor, Camden County Counsel, Municipal Judge in Laurel Springs, a member of the State Commission of Investigation, and as a Camden County Freeholder for four years, including two years as Director"
New Jersey Senate and Assembly Districts, 1967–1971, New Jersey State Library. Accessed October 10, 2016. "Assembly District 3B shall include the following municipalities located in the county of Gloucester: borough of Clayton, township of Deptford, borough of Glassboro, township of Monroe, and township of Washington; and that portion of the county of Camden not included in Assembly District 3C and Assembly District 3D."
Baltin, Steve. "Blood Tests For Drivers Held. Drunk Stir Debate", The New York Times, August 26, 1973. Accessed October 23, 2016. "At the urging of Thomas Shusted, the Camden County Prosecutor, legislation was introduced in the State Assembly last February to grant immunity to those doctors and hospitals administering blood tests at the request of law‐enforcement officers."
Carney, Leo H. "Drunks on Road Facing More Fees", The New York Times, September 14, 1986. Accessed October 23, 2016. "Drunken drivers would have to pay higher fees to the state and to their home counties under a bill passed by the Assembly and expected to be signed soon by Governor Kean.... Assemblyman Thomas J. Shusted, Republican of the Sixth District (parts of Camden County) and sponsor of the measure, said last week that the additional revenues were needed to finance the intoxicated-driver justice programs for the Division of Alcoholism, which oversees the state and county programs."
Sullivan, Joseph F. "A Clear Choice Confronts the Voters In One New Jersey Assembly Contest", The New York Times, October 15, 1989. Accessed October 23, 2016. "The incumbents, Republican Assemblymen John A. Rocco, 53 years old, and Thomas J. Shusted, 63, oppose a woman's right to choose abortion, while their Democratic challengers, former Assemblywoman Barbara Berman, 51, and retired Superior Court Judge Mary Ellen Talbott, 67, support that right.Mr. Rocco would allow abortions when a woman's life is in danger or in cases of rape or incest. Mr. Shusted would make no exception. The incumbents and challengers acknowledge that they present a clear choice to those for whom abortion is the overriding issue, but they differ on how important the issue will be in deciding the winners on Nov. 7."
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O'Brien, Ellen. "Shusted To Stay In Assembly Judge Rules Him Election Winner"[dead link], The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2, 1989. Accessed October 23, 2016. "The state's longest-run Assembly race ended, finally, in State Superior Court yesterday, when Judge Donald Bigley agreed to rule on the eligibility of 12 contested absentee ballots – and then ruled in favor of Shusted's position on each vote.... When the Sixth District votes were tallied on election night, Berman appeared to have edged back into office by 122 votes. But Shusted called for a recount, and after all the votes – including absentee ballots – were recounted by the Board of Elections, he emerged the winner by 34 votes."
Sipress, Alan. "Shusted To Leave Assembly Will Become County Counsel"[dead link], The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 28, 1990. Accessed October 23, 2016. "The Republican freeholders, who won control of the county board last month, reached an agreement this week with Shusted, who will take the $82,500-a-year job, the county's second-highest appointed post. He will replace Democrat Linda Rosenzweig when her term expires Jan. 7.... Republican leaders said they planned to select Freeholder Lee A. Solomon to fill Shusted's seat in the Sixth District, made up of Camden County's eastern suburbs."
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Giordano, Rita. "Thomas J. Shusted, ex-assemblyman", The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 2, 2004, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 18, 2015. Accessed October 23, 2016. "Thomas J. Shusted, 77, a devoted family man who served as a New Jersey assemblyman and Camden County's first full-time prosecutor, died Wednesday at his Haddonfield home after a short illness.... In addition to his wife and Thomas Jr., Mr. Shusted is survived by sons Mark J., John P. and Erik C.; daughter Anne S. Barker; 11 grandchildren; and three sisters."
McCoy, Craig R. "Lawmakers Lobby For Dinosaur", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 17, 1989, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 16, 2015. Accessed October 23, 2016. "Their modest proposal? A state dinosaur.... Shusted and John A. Rocco, his fellow assemblyman in Camden County's Sixth District, want to honor the Haddonfield dinosaur, the one paleontologists refer to as Hadrosaurus foulkii.... After its bones were dug up from 10 feet under in 1858 by scientist William Parke Foulke – hence its name – they were carted off to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia for reassembly, making it the first dinosaur to be publicly displayed in the world."
Alberts, Lily. "The great garden state"Archived 2016-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, The Daily Princetonian, December 13, 2012. Accessed October 25, 2016. "Such a historically and scientifically important event clearly gave the hadrosaurus appropriate claim to the state title, and Ms. Berry’s classroom found two assemblymen, John A. Rocco and Thomas J. Shusted, to prepare and introduce the bill into the state legislature. From the beginning of the project in 1988 to its completion in 1991 — one 20th of the time the state legislature has spent considering and debating state songs – Strawbridge Elementary, in Haddon Township, had 97 students participate in the process."
