Stephen Bradford Wiley (June 21, 1929 – October 8, 2015) was an American attorney, poet, businessman, civic leader, and Democratic Party politician. Wiley served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1973 to 1978, where he represented Morris County. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in the 1985 Democratic primary election. Early life, education, and military service Wiley was born on June 21, 1929 in Morristown, New Jersey to Katharine (née Pellett) and J. Burton Wiley. Wiley attended Morristown High School, graduating in 1947. His father had been the district's superintendent of schools. Wiley earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1951, graduating cum laude with a major in Politics. In 1953, Wiley married Judith Alexander. Wiley was awarded a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1954. He served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. Legal career and civic involvement Wiley worked as legal counsel to New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner. He and Gov. Meyner formed the law firm of Meyner and Wiley. In the early 1970s, Wiley led a legal battle to stop Morris Township from building its own high school. Wiley was concerned that separate high schools in Morris Township and Morristown would create a system of de facto segregation, "[hastening] white flight from Morristown [and] dooming it to the same turmoil afflicting New Jersey’s urban centers." Wiley believed that "having 'a minority center and a white ring around it is nothing but a guarantee of an explosion...'" The court battle went all the way to the New Jersey Supreme Court, and resulted in the formation of a regional school district serving Morristown, Morris Township and (for high school) Morris Plains. In 1973, Wiley founded the law firm of Wiley, Malehorn and Sirota (later renamed Wiley, Malehorn, Sirota, and Raynes) in Morris Township. Wiley also founded Morris Cablevision, the county's first cable television company, the First Morris Bank and Trust, and the Morris County United Way. "Wiley spearheaded multi-million-dollar fund drives to secure and enhance public institutions that are bedrocks of the [greater Morristown, New Jersey] community: The Community Theatre (now the Mayo Performing Arts Center), the Morristown & Township Library and the historic Morristown Green." Political career In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal in 1973, Wiley ran for the New Jersey State Senate in two separate but concurrent elections. One election was a special election in