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Born in [[Passaic, New Jersey]], Hollenbeck grew up in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]] and graduated from [[East Rutherford High School]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100450561/candidates-selected/ "Plosia, Hollenbeck Picked as Candidates; East Rutherford GOP-Independent Membership Names 2 Unanimously"], ''[[Herald News (New Jersey)|Herald News]]'', May 27, 1966. Accessed April 25, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "In what was described as a mood of 'high optimism,' the members of the Republican-Independent Club last night unanimously nominated James L. Plosia and Harold C. Hollenbeck to run for the two council seats up for grabs this November.... A 27-year resident of the borough, Hollenbeck was a graduate of East Rutherford High School and enrolled in Fairleigh Dickinson University."</ref> He received a B.A. from [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]], Rutherford (1961) and was awarded an LL.B. from the [[University of Virginia]] in 1964. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1965 and commenced practice in [[Ridgewood, New Jersey|Ridgewood]]. He served as member of the East Rutherford Borough Council from 1967 to 1969, and in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 1968 to 1972. He was in the [[New Jersey Senate]] from 1972 to 1974. He served as delegate to the [[1968 Republican National Convention]].
=== Congress ===
Hollenbeck was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[95th United States Congress|Ninety-fifth]] Congress, unseating scandal-tainted Democrat [[Henry Helstoski]] by a solid margin. He was reelected the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1983) and compiled a moderate, pro-labor record. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the [[98th United States Congress|Ninety-eighth]] Congress, a victim of redistricting and negative campaigning by [[Robert Torricelli]], who unseated him by a 54% to 46% margin.
=== Later life and career ===
He was appointed a judge by [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Thomas Kean]], to the [[New Jersey Superior Court]] and sworn in July 1, 1987, and subsequently moved to family court.
He has been a resident of [[Ridgewood, New Jersey]].
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