In 1937 and 1938, Cahill was a special agent of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1939 he was admitted to the bar and began his political career. Living in
Collingswood, New Jersey, Cahill was the city prosecutor of
Camden, New Jersey, in 1944 and 1945, was the first assistant prosecutor of
Camden County from 1948 to 1951 and was a special deputy attorney general of the State of New Jersey in 1951. Cahill was a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly from 1951 to 1953. Cahill was elected to the
Eighty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses. During his tenure in the US House, Cahill voted for the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the
Voting Rights Act of 1965. He served in the House until resigning to assume his seat as governor, serving from January 3, 1970, to January 19, 1974. Throughout his tenure in Congress and as governor, Cahill was widely viewed as a moderate Republican.
Governor of New Jersey Richard Nixon,
George H. W. Bush,
Linwood Holton, and
Kenneth Reese Cole Jr. in 1973 In
1969, Cahill ran for
Governor of New Jersey, facing off against Democrat
Robert B. Meyner, who had previously held the office from 1954 to 1962. ==Death==