Jersey Joe Walcott the Democratic primary to Spencer H. Smith, Jr. That same year he was named director of community relations for Camden. In 1971, he ran again for Camden County Sheriff. He defeated Republican William Strang in the general election. He was the first African-American to serve as Sheriff in Camden County. He served as chairman of the New Jersey State Athletic Commission from 1975 until 1984, when he stepped down at the mandatory retirement age of 70. Walcott was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. In 2013, Walcott was inducted into the New Jersey Hall
Frederic C. Walcott Frederic C. Walcott Frederic Collin Walcott (February 19, 1869April 27, 1949) was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in New York Mills, Oneida County, New York, Walcott attended the public schools of Utica, New York and graduated from Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) in 1886, from Phillips Academy (Andover, Massachusetts) in 1887 and from Yale University in 1891, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He married Frances Dana Archbold February 14, 1899, and she died the same year. He married Mary Hussey Guthrie on April 3, 1907, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Walcott moved to New