U.S. Congressman. Immigrating to the United States in 1914, settling in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Columbia University, (1926-27), graduated from St. Lawrence University Law School, in 1927, was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced the practice of law in New York City. During World War II, he served with the Office of Strategic Services in the Mediterranean Theater, (1943-45) and was special assistant to the Commissioner of Immigration, (1944-46). After the war, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress, serving (1951-53), elected to the Eighty-fourth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until (1955-63). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he was elected a judge in the State Supreme Court in New York, serving until his death from a heart attack at age 61.
U.S. Congressman. Immigrating to the United States in 1914, settling in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Columbia University, (1926-27), graduated from St. Lawrence University Law School, in 1927, was admitted to the bar in 1928 and commenced the practice of law in New York City. During World War II, he served with the Office of Strategic Services in the Mediterranean Theater, (1943-45) and was special assistant to the Commissioner of Immigration, (1944-46). After the war, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress, serving (1951-53), elected to the Eighty-fourth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until (1955-63). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he was elected a judge in the State Supreme Court in New York, serving until his death from a heart attack at age 61.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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ANFUSO
1872 MARION 1931
1900 ROSE L'EPISCOPO 1934
1894 NUNZIO 1946
1905 VICTOR L. 1966
1920 SALVATORE J. 1971
1896 ANTHONY 1975
1898 ANNA 1984
1898 CARMELA 1987
REST IN PEACE
"PEACE AMONG MEN"
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