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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkADDABBO, Joseph Patrick
(1925—1986)
ADDABBO, Joseph Patrick, a Representative from New York; born in Ozone Park, Queens County, N.Y., March 17, 1925; attended Public School 59, Boys’ High School, Brooklyn, and City College of New York; graduated from St. John’s Law School in 1946 and commenced the practice of law in Ozone Park, N.Y., in 1947; president of Ozone Park Men’s Association, 1948-1959 and Ferrini Welfare League of Catholic Charities, 1956-1958; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 10, 1986; interment in St. John’s Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
Blinken, Anthony J. “Addabbo’s Race: The Politics of Color Consciousness.” The New Republic
(15 October 1984): 12(2).
Klein, Joe. “Joe Addabbo’s Brave New World. (Congressman Joe Addabbo of Queens).” New York
(27 August 1984), 30(3).
Kuttner, Robert L. “Congressman Joe vs. the Pentagon.” New York
12 (February 12, 1979): 61-66).
Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, together with Tributes Presented in Eulogy of Joseph P. Addabbo, late a Representative from New York, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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