Vito Fossella
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 13th district |
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In office November 4, 1997 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Susan Molinari |
| Succeeded by | Michael McMahon |
| Member of the New York City Council from the 51st district |
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In office April 1994 – November 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Alfred Cerullo |
| Succeeded by | Stephen J. Fiala |
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March 9, 1965 Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Rowan |
| Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania Fordham University |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Vito John Fossella, Jr. (born March 9, 1965) is a U.S. Republican politician from the state of New York who formerly represented the state's 13th Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms, from 1997 to 2009 serving as the lone Republican from New York City. Fossella, a Staten Island native, was born to a family that included several politicians. Fossella initially took office in 1997, after winning a special election held to replace the resigning Susan Molinari.
As a result of a DUI arrest in Alexandria, Virginia on May 1, 2008, followed by the public disclosure a week later that he had had an affair with Laura Fay, a retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel, that had resulted in a three-year-old child while Fossella was married, he announced on his official website on May 20 that he had chosen to serve out the remainder of his term, which ended on January 3, 2009, but decided not to run for re-election.
Fossella was born on Staten Island into a Roman Catholic family of Irish and Italian descent. Fossella's great-grandfather, James A. O'Leary, represented Staten Island in Congress from 1935 to 1944. One of his uncles, Frank Fossella, was a prominent Staten Island Democrat who was a City Council member for four years, ending in 1985. His father, Vito John Fossella, Sr., served in various appointed positions in the city administrations of Democratic Mayors Edward I. Koch and Abraham D. Beame, then became a successful construction engineer.
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