Vincent R. Impellitteri
| Vincent R. Impellitteri | |
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| 101st Mayor of New York City | |
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In office November 14, 1950 – December 31, 1953 Acting: August 31, 1950 – November 14, 1950 |
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| Preceded by | William O'Dwyer |
| Succeeded by | Robert F. Wagner, Jr. |
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February 4, 1900 Isnello, Sicily, Italy |
| Died | January 29, 1987 (aged 86) Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Vincent Richard Impellitteri (February 4, 1900 – January 29, 1987) was an American politician, who served as the 101st Mayor of New York City, 1950-53. He was elected as a Democrat as president of the City Council in 1945, and reelected in 1949. When Mayor William O'Dwyer resigned in 1950, he became acting mayor. He lost the Democratic primary but was selected mayor on a new ticket, the Experience Party. He lost the Democratic primary when he ran for reelection in 1953, and became a judge in 1954.
Born Vincenzo Impellitteri in Isnello, Sicily, and moved with his family to the United States as an infant in 1901. They settled in Ansonia, Connecticut, where Impellitteri spent most of his youth. He served in the Navy during World War I, and became a U.S. citizen in 1922. He attended Fordham Law School, where he received his law degree in 1924. He married Elizabeth (Betty) Agnes McLaughlin in 1926.
He served as a state Assistant District Attorney from 1929 to 1938 before becoming a clerk to two Supreme Court Justices, first Peter Schmuck, and later Joseph A. Gavagan. He was reportedly a close associate of gangster Tommy Lucchese, who helped Impellitteri's rise in politics. On the other hand, a report in the New York World-Telegram indicated that Impelliteri opposed organized crime and corruption, and had failed to rise through the city Democratic Party's ranks because he had "the injudicious good taste to snub Frank Costello", the gambler and racketeer who was said to control the Tammany Hall organization behind the scenes.
In 1945, Mayor William O'Dwyer picked Impellitteri to run for President of the City Council on the Tammany Hall slate. In 1945 he ran on the Democratic and American Labor Party lines, but when he was up for reelection in 1949 he ran on the Democratic Party line alone.
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