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Fiorello Henry La Guardia [a] (born Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia; [b] December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as the 99th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He was known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic ...
An outdoor 1994 sculpture of Fiorello La Guardia by Neil Estern was installed in Greenwich Village, New York City, in LaGuardia Gardens, which is located at 547 LaGuardia Place between Bleecker and W. 3rd Street. [1]
Hervey C. Calkin; Harry Carey; Charles A. Carleton; Diahann Carroll; Vernon and Irene Castle, well-known husband & wife dancing team, movie stars; Carrie Chapman Catt; Alfred C. Chapin
Fiorello La Guardia wrote legislation in 1934, which would have reformed New York City's government, but it failed as it lacked a two-thirds majority with 81 members of the New York State Assembly voting in favor and 61 voting against. [9]
Fiorello H. LaGuardia Grave Memorial. Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Lombardo, Joseph Vincent. Piccirilli: Life of an American Sculptor. Pitman Publishing Corporation ...
My earliest memory of the legacy of Fiorello LaGuardia dates to my senior year in high school when my English teacher escorted my class on a train ride from St. Louis to Chicago’s Shubert ...
Fiorello La Guardia; 0–9. 1940 Republican National Convention; A. La Guardia and Wagner Archives; C. LaGuardia Committee report; F. Fiorello! 1937 Fleischer Studios ...
The candidates were incumbent Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, a Republican, and King County District Attorney William O'Dwyer, a Democrat, as well as other, third-party candidates. La Guardia was also the nominee of the American Labor Party, and additionally ran on the City Fusion and City ballot lines. La Guardia won the contest with 52.35% of the ...