Jay P. Rolison Jr.

Jay Pardee Rolison Jr. (April 5, 1929 – August 29, 2007) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on April 5, 1929, in Madison, Morris County, New Jersey, the son of Jay Pardee Rolison (died 1987) and Margaret (Denman) Rolison (1900–1969).^[1] He attended Seton Hall Preparatory School, and graduated B.A. from Providence College. He graduated LL.B. from Fordham Law School in 1954, and then worked for two years in the Judge Advocate General's Office at Fort Gordon. Afterwards he practiced law in Poughkeepsie, New York and entered politics as a Republican. He married Barbara C. Hanley (born 1929), and they had two children.^[2]

Rolison was a member of the New York State Senate from 1967 to 1990, sitting in the 177th, 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th and 188th New York State Legislatures. He became Assistant Majority Leader in 1985^[3]

He died on August 29, 2007, at his home in the Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York.^[4]

References

1. Descendants of Aaron Roleson (pg. 9) at Family Tree Maker
2. New York Red Book (1985–1986; pg. 122)
3. G.O.P. SENATORS FROM NEW YORK CITY AND L.I. GET NEW POWER in the New York Times on January 10, 1985
4. Former state Sen. Rolison remembered in the Poughkeepsie Journal on September 3, 2007