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James J. Lanzetta

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James Lanzetta
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded byFiorello LaGuardia
Succeeded byVito Marcantonio
Constituency20th district
In office
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
Preceded byVito Marcantonio
Succeeded byVito Marcantonio
Constituency20th district
Personal details
Born(1894-12-21)December 21, 1894
New York City
DiedOctober 27, 1956(1956-10-27) (aged 61)
Broadway
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEthel Lanzetta
Alma materNew York University
OccupationLawyer, jurist

James Joseph Lanzetta (IPA: [lanˈtsetta]) (December 21, 1894 – October 27, 1956) was an engineer, an attorney and a politician, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (1933-1935) and 1937–1939), and a justice in city court. He was appointed as a legislative representative for the government of Puerto Rico in Washington, DC. After that he served as a city magistrate in New York, and in 1947 was appointed as a justice to the Domestic Relations Court, where he served until his death.

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Early life and education

Born in New York City, he attended its public schools. He graduated from the Columbia University School of Engineering in 1917. He later enrolled in Fordham University School of Law, where he graduated in 1924.

Military service

Lanzetta joined the United States Army for World War I as a private in Company C, 302nd Engineers, and he was later a sergeant first class in the 1st Air Service Mechanics Regiment. Lanzetta served overseas from February 1918 to July 1919.

Career

He worked as an engineer and salesman in New York City from 1919 to 1922, and as an assistant supervisor in the city's Department of Markets from 1922 to 1925. He was admitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice in New York City.

Political career

Active in politics as a Democrat, he served on the Board of Aldermen from January 1932 to March 1933.

Congress

With the help of the Tammany Hall boss Jimmy Hines,[1] Lanzetta was elected as a Democrat to the 73rd Congress. He defeated the incumbent Congressman Fiorello H. La Guardia.

He represented the 20th district (then East Harlem) and served from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935. In 1934, in a close race with Vito Marcantonio, he lost his bid for re-election to the 74th Congress. In 1936, he won back his seat in the 75th Congress (causing Marcantonio to suffer his first defeat in what became a long Congressional career), serving from January 3, 1937, to January 3, 1939. He ran again in 1938 and 1940, losing both times to Marcantonio, who by then had switched to the American Labor Party.

Later career

After Lanzetta's 1938 defeat for re-election, he was appointed as legislative representative or counsel for Puerto Rico in Washington, D.C. Although he had never visited the island, he proved popular with its political leaders of all parties and with the residents of Puerto Rico.

Lanzetta later resumed the practice of law. On July 2, 1947, Mayor William O'Dwyer appointed him as city magistrate of New York City to fill a vacancy; later that month he was appointed to a full ten-year term. As the result of a one-day shortage of magistrates in March 1948, Lanzetta attracted notice by presiding in five courts in five hours and disposing of 500 cases, 400 of which were in the Downtown Traffic Court.

He served as city magistrate until May 26, 1948, when Mayor O'Dwyer appointed him to a ten-year term as a justice of the city Domestic Relations Court. He served in this capacity until his death in New York City in 1956.

Death

He died on the night of October 27, 1956, while visiting the Greystone Hotel on Broadway. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York.

References

Notes

  1. ^ Stolberg, Mary M. Fighting Organised Crime: Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey (1995) pg. 229

Sources

  • United States Congress. "James J. Lanzetta (id: L000091)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • "James Lanzetta, Justice, 61, Dead"; The New York Times, October 29, 1956.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 20th congressional district

1933–1935
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 20th congressional district

1937–1939
Succeeded by
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