Draft:Ralph Froehlich

Submission declined on 24 November 2025 by Rose Abrams (talk).

This submission is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Reliable sources are required so that information can be verified. If you need help with referencing, please see Referencing for beginners and Citing sources.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you have not resolved the issues listed above, your draft will be declined again and potentially deleted.
If you need extra help, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors.
Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Declined by Rose Abrams 3 hours ago. Last edited by Rose Abrams 3 hours ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

Resubmit

Please note that if the issues are not fixed, the draft will be declined again.

Comment: several unsourced statements, including about being "the longest-serving" Rose Abrams (T C L) 10:28, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Ralph Froehlich (1930 – July 20, 2014) was a sheriff in Union County, New Jersey who served as the longest-serving sheriff in New Jersey history.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Ralph Froehlich was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1930.^{[citation needed]} He graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1949.^{[citation needed]} In 1951, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as an infantryman and later a drill instructor until his honorable discharge in 1959.^{[citation needed]}

He was a member of the Elizabeth Police Department for almost twenty years attaining the rank of lieutenant.^{[citation needed]} In 1975, he graduated from Kean College.^{[citation needed]}

He was first elected sheriff in 1977 and served for 13 terms over 37 years^[1] before his death.

He died July 20, 2014 at the age of 83 of cancer and buried at St. Mary of The Assumption Church.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Tom Haydon (July 22, 2014). "Ralph Froehlich, longest-serving sheriff in NJ history, was told in 1970s he'd never win re-election". nj.com. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
^ "Union County Sheriff Ralph Froehlich remembered at funeral for his dedication, positive influence". nj.com. July 28, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
^ "Union County Mourns the Passing of Sheriff Ralph Froehlich". July 21, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2025.

[1] Tom Haydon (July 22, 2014). "Ralph Froehlich, longest-serving sheriff in NJ history, was told in 1970s he'd never win re-election". nj.com. Retrieved November 17, 2025.

[nj.com-2] "Union County Sheriff Ralph Froehlich remembered at funeral for his dedication, positive influence". nj.com. July 28, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2025.

[3] "Union County Mourns the Passing of Sheriff Ralph Froehlich". July 21, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2025.

[1]

[2]

[3]