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Joseph Patrick Addabbo (1925-1986) —
also known as Joseph P. Addabbo —
of New York.
Born in Ozone Park, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., March
17, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1961-86 (5th District 1961-63, 7th
District 1963-83, 6th District 1983-86); died in office 1986.
Catholic.
Italian ancestry.
Died, from cancer
and a heart
attack, in Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1986 (age 61 years, 24
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Michael Everett Capuano (b. 1952) —
also known as Mike Capuano —
of Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Somerville, Middlesex
County, Mass., January
9, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Somerville, Mass., 1990-98; defeated, 1979, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1999-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 2009.
Catholic.
Italian and Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Emilio Quincy Daddario (1918-2010) —
also known as Emilio Q. Daddario —
of Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Newton Center, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
24, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; mayor
of Middletown, Conn., 1946-48; municipal judge in Connecticut,
1948-50; major in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1959-71; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1960,
1968.
Italian ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 7,
2010 (age 91 years, 286
days).
Interment at St. Sebastian Cemetery, Middlefield, Conn.
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Patrick Joseph Leahy (b. 1940) —
also known as Patrick J. Leahy —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Montpelier, Washington
County, Vt., March
31, 1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chittenden
County State's Attorney, 1966-75; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1975-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Vermont, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Irish
and Italian ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Paca (1740-1799) —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Abingdon, Baltimore County (now Harford
County), Md., October
31, 1740.
Lawyer;
planter;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1774-76; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-80; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Maryland
state senate, 1777-79; Governor of
Maryland, 1782-85; delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1789-99; died in office 1799.
Anglican.
English
and Italian ancestry.
Died in Queenstown, Queen
Anne's County, Md., October
23, 1799 (age 58 years, 357
days).
Interment at Wye Plantation, Queenstown, Md.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
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Nancy Pelosi (b. 1940) —
also known as Annunciata D'Alesandro —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March
26, 1940.
Democrat. California
Democratic state chair, 1981-83; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1984,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1987-2018 (5th District 1987-93,
8th District 1993-2013, 12th District 2013-18); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004-08.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian ancestry.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2013.
Still living as of 2019.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas
Ludwig John D'Alesandro Jr. and Annunciata (Lombardi)
D'Alesandro; sister of Thomas
Ludwig John D'Alesandro III; married, September
7, 1963, to Paul
Francis Pelosi (brother of Ronald
Virgil Pelosi); mother of Christine
Pelosi. |
| | | Political family: Pelosi-D'Alesandro
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Cecile
Richards |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — National
Women's Hall of Fame |
| | | Books by Nancy Pelosi: Know
Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters, with Amy Hill
Hearth (2009) |
| | | Books about Nancy Pelosi: Marc
Sandalow, Madam
Speaker: Nancy Pelosi's Life, Times, and Rise to
Power — Ronald M. Peters, Speaker
Nancy Pelosi and the New American Politics — Vincent
Bzdek, Woman
of the House: The Rise of Nancy Pelosi |
| | | Critical books about Nancy Pelosi:
Rochelle Schweizer, She's
the Boss: The Disturbing Truth About Nancy Pelosi |
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Antonin Gregory Scalia (1936-2016) —
also known as Antonin Scalia —
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., March
11, 1936.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1982-86; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1986-2016; died in office 2016.
Catholic.
Italian ancestry.
Died in Shafter, Presidio
County, Tex., February
13, 2016 (age 79 years, 339
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Joseph Sirica (1904-1992) —
also known as John J. Sirica —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., March
19, 1904.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
District of Columbia, 1956;
U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1957-77; took senior
status 1977.
Italian ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
14, 1992 (age 88 years, 148
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Joseph Phillip Vigorito (1918-2003) —
also known as Joseph P. Vigorito —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, November
10, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 24th District, 1965-77;
defeated, 1976, 1978.
Italian ancestry.
Died, of lymphoma,
in Walter
Reed Army Hospital Center, Washington,
D.C., February
5, 2003 (age 84 years, 87
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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