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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyPeter Angelo CAVICCHIA
(1879-1967)
CAVICCHIA, Peter Angelo, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Roccamandolfi, Province of
Campobasso, Italy, May 22, 1879; immigrated to the United States in
1888 with his parents, who settled in Newark, N.J.; attended the
public schools; was graduated from the American International
(formerly French-American) College, Springfield, Mass., in 1906 and
from the law department of the New York University, New York City,
in 1908; was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice in
Newark, N.J.; also served as director and counsel for several
building and loan associations; appointed supervisor of inheritance
tax of Essex County in 1917; member of the Newark Board of
Education 1917-1931, serving as president 1924-1926; professor of
law and trustee of Mercer Beasley School of Law (now part of
Rutgers University), Newark, N.J., 1925-1931; elected as a
Republican to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth
Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; resumed the
practice of law and again served as supervisor of inheritance tax
for Essex County, N.J., 1937-1956; chairman of Central Planning
Board of Newark, 1946-1957; died in Belleville, N.J., September 11,
1967; interment in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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