# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerald-cardinale
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:35:02.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerald-cardinale"
name: "Gerald Cardinale"
slug: "gerald-cardinale"
description: "Gerald Cardinale was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1982 until his death in 2021, representing the 39th Legislative District. He also served one term in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1980 until 1982. At the time of his death, he was the second-most senior senator in the state, behind Richard Codey, who also came to office in January 1982, but had served in the General Assembly since 1974. Cardinale was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1984, 1988 and 1992 and served as a Delegate to the New Jersey Republican State Platform Committee in 1983."
tagline: "New Jersey State Senator (1934-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/State_Senator_Gerry_Cardinale.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1934-02-27"
deathDate: "2021-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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    handle:    "gerrycardinale"
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    url:       "https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=119"
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    title: "Gerald Cardinale"
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    title: "Gerald Cardinale"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump