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Vito Anthony Marcantonio (December 10, 1902 – August 9, 1954) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the socialist leader of East Harlem for seven terms in the United States House of Representatives.
1 de mar. de 2006 · Vito Marcantonio was the most consequential radical politician in the United States in the twentieth century. Elected to Congress from New York’s ethnically Italian and Puerto Rican East Harlem slums, Marcantonio, in his time, held office longer than any other third-party radical, serving seven terms from 1934 to 1950.
Colorful and controversial, Marcantonio captured national prominence as a powerful orator and brilliant parliamentarian. Often allied with the U.S. Communist Party, he was an advocate of civil rights, civil liberties, labor unions, and Puerto Rican independence.
At the age of fifty-one, Marcantonio fell dead of a massive heart attack just steps from New York's City Hall. Marc traveled with a crucifix in his pocket, was known among his constituents as...
Biography. MARCANTONIO, VITO ANTHONY, A Representative from New York; born in New York City December 10, 1902; attended the grade and high schools; was graduated from the law department of New York University at New York City in 1925; was admitted to the bar in June 1926 and commenced practice in New York City; served as assistant United States ...
Vito Marcantonio was the most electorally successful radical politician of the twentieth century. From 1934 until 1950, he served seven terms as Congressman from New York City’s East Harlem (in 1944 his district was expanded to include Yorkville).
On Sunday December 8th, the auditorium of the Museum of City of New York was filled with 275 people who came to honor the centennial of one of East Harlem’s most revered heroes Vito Marcantonio, who served that district from 1934 until 1950 as the only representative of the American Labor Party.
