His business success later propelled him to enter politics, where he managed to pass legislations whose impact are still felt by most Americans. He passed a national drinking age restriction law that set the minimum age for drinking to 21; he passed a law to end smoking inside planes; and he brought millions of dollars to keep New Jersey’s public transportation and infrastructure the best in the nation – so much so that a train station in Secaucus is named after him. “In his heart, in his life time, he was a man from New Jersey,” said Christopher Irving, a school board member. “He was one of a kind.”