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Revision as of 18:07, 25 August 2024
Salvatore T. DeMatteo | |
|---|---|
 DeMatteo in 1938 | |
| Justice of the New York Supreme Court | |
| In office 1974–1981 | |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 16th Kings district | |
| In office January 1, 1938 – December 31, 1938 | |
| Preceded by | Carmine J. Marasco |
| Succeeded by | Carmine J. Marasco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 14, 1911 |
| Died | August 8, 2003 (aged 92) |
| Political party | American Labor Liberal |
| Alma mater | St. John's University |
Salvatore T. DeMatteo (July 14, 1911 – August 8, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on July 14, 1911.[1] He attended Brooklyn Technical High School, St.John's College and St. John's Law School, and while studying worked as a telegraph messenger, as a newspaper copyboy, and wrote articles for an Italian-language paper. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Brooklyn.[2]
DeMatteo was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1938, elected in November 1937 on the American Labor ticket in the 16th assembly district of Brooklyn. He was defeated for re-election in 1938, 1940 and 1941.
In February 1960, he was elected as Executive Secretary of the Liberal Party in Brooklyn.[3]
He was a justice of the Brooklyn Civil Court from 1969 to 1973, a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1974 to 1981, and then an Official Referee (i.e. a senior judge on an additional seat) of the Supreme Court.
He died on August 8, 2003; and was buried at the St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale.[4]
Sources
- ^ "Salvatore T. DeMatteo" at Social Security Info
- ^ 13 New Faces From Lonfg Island Will Be Seen in 1938 Legislature in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on January 2, 1938
- ^ LIBERAL PARTY ELECTS in the New York Times on February 20, 1960 (subscription required)
- ^ DEMATTEO, SALVATORE T. in the New York Times on August 10, 2003
- 1911 births
- 2003 deaths
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- American Labor Party politicians
- Politicians from Brooklyn
- New York Supreme Court Justices
- Liberal Party of New York politicians
- St. John's University School of Law alumni
- 20th-century American judges
- American people of Italian descent
- 20th-century American legislators
- 20th-century New York (state) politicians