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Alioto family of San Francisco, California

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Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) — also known as Joseph L. Alioto — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., February 12, 1916. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1968-76; candidate in primary for Governor of California, 1974. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Indicted in 1971 on federal charges of bribery, conspiracy, and mail fraud; acquitted in 1972. Died, of prostate cancer and pneumonia, in San Francisco, Calif., January 29, 1998 (age 81 years, 351 days). Interment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.; cenotaph at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.

		Relatives: Son of Guiseppe Alioto (1886-1961) and Domenica Mae (Lazio) Alioto (1893-1971); married, June 2, 1941, to Angelina Genaro (divorced 1977); married 1978 to Kathleen Sullivan (1944?-); father of Angela Mia Alioto; grandfather of Michela Alioto-Pier.
		See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial

Kathleen Sullivan Alioto (born c.1944) — also known as Kathleen Sullivan — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born about 1944. Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1978. Female. Still living as of 1978.

		Relatives: Married 1978 to Joseph Lawrence Alioto; step-mother of Angela Mia Alioto (1949-); step-grandmother of Michela Alioto-Pier.
		Political family: Alioto family of San Francisco, California.

Angela Mia Alioto (b. 1949) — also known as Angela Alioto — of San Francisco, Calif. Born October 20, 1949. Lawyer; candidate for mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1991, 1995, 2003. Female. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, NAACP. Still living as of 2014.

		Relatives: Step-daughter of Kathleen Sullivan Alioto; daughter of Joseph Lawrence Alioto (1916-1998) and Angelina (Genaro) Alioto; married, December 8, 1968, to Adolfo Veronese; aunt of Michela Alioto-Pier.
		Political family: Alioto family of San Francisco, California.
		See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
		Books by Angela Alioto: Straight to the Heart

Michela Alioto-Pier (b. 1968) — also known as Michela A. Alioto — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in San Francisco, Calif., April 29, 1968. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 1st District, 1996; Democratic candidate for secretary of state of California, 1998, 2002 (primary); delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2000; candidate for mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 2011. Female. Her legs were paralyzed in a 1981 ski-lift accident. Still living as of 2011.

		Relatives: Daughter of Joseph Michael Alioto; married to Thomas Pier; niece of Angela Mia Alioto; step-granddaughter of Kathleen Sullivan Alioto (1944?-); granddaughter of Joseph Lawrence Alioto.
		Political family: Alioto family of San Francisco, California.
		See also Wikipedia article

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