Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by
Henry P. Smith III
Succeeded by
Amo Houghton (redistricting)
Constituency
36th district (1975–1983) 32nd district (1983–1993) 29th district (1993–2003)
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 140th district
In office January 1, 1973 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by
James T. McFarland
Succeeded by
Harold H. Izard
Member of the New York State Senate from the 53rd district
In office January 1, 1971 – December 31, 1972
Preceded by
William E. Adams
Succeeded by
Gordon J. DeHond
Personal details
Born
John Joseph LaFalce
(1939-10-06) October 6, 1939 (age 84) Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Patricia Fisher LaFalce
Education
Canisius College (BA) Villanova University (JD)
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1965–1967
Rank
Captain
John Joseph LaFalce (born October 6, 1939) is an American politician who served as a Congressman from the state of New York from 1975 to 2003. He retired in 2002 after his district was merged with that of a fellow Democrat.
LaFalce was first elected to the 94th United States Congress in 1974 and re-elected to each succeeding Congress through the 107th, serving his Western New York congressional district for 28 years, from 1975 to 2003. He served as Chairman of the House Small Business Committee from 1987 to 1995, and as Ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee from 1999 to 2003. He declined to seek re-election to the 108th Congress.
edu/law/faculty/martin-j-lafalce "The LaFalce Wrap-Up". LaFalce newsletter. January 2003. United States Congress. "JohnLaFalce (id: L000556)". Biographical...
worked as legal counsel and legislative assistant to U.S. Representative JohnLaFalce and U.S. Senator Daniel Moynihan, and also for the New York State Assembly...
government, he taught, part-time, at the University of Massachusetts Boston, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, and at Boston University. He...
61 months. On March 15, 2001, in the U.S. 107th Congress, U.S. Rep. JohnLaFalce (D-NY 29) introduced H.R. 1054, a bill to eliminate the use of the Rule...
Boehlert, Michael Castle, Phil English, Nancy Johnson, Jay Kim, Jim Leach, John McHugh and Ralph Regula), but not Souder, voted against the obstruction charge...
Congressman JohnLaFalce (D), who represented the district, paid a high profile visit to Love Canal, to raise attention to the serious problems. LaFalce intervened...
(R–PA) Joe Heck (R–NV) Peter T. King (R-NY) JohnLaFalce (D–NY) Nick Lampson (D–TX) Mary Landrieu (D–LA) Patrick Leahy (D–VT) Frank LoBiondo (R–NJ) Dan...
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(R) Sherry Boehlert (R) John M. McHugh (R) James T. Walsh (R) Maurice Hinchey (D) Bill Paxon (R) Louise Slaughter (D) JohnLaFalce (D) Jack Quinn (R) Amo...
arise from the financial practices of Enron and WorldCom. June 12, 2002: John Howard, the Prime Minister of Australia, addressed a joint session of Congress...
district that threw together two of their incumbents, Louise Slaughter and JohnLaFalce, prompting the latter's retirement. Hinchey's district was renumbered...
(Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Andy Ireland) SBA, the General Economy and Minority Enterprise Development (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking...
(Chair: Jim Leach, Vice Chair: Steven T. Kuykendall, Ranking Member: JohnLaFalce) Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises (Chair:...
Report that appears at pages H12100-12439. In the House, Representative JohnLaFalce (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Banking Committee, was a co-sponsor...
▌Gerald R. Morgan (Liberal) 0.6% New York 32 JohnLaFalce Democratic 1974 Incumbent re-elected. ▌Y JohnLaFalce (Democratic) 91.0% ▌Dean L. Walker (Conservative)...
Illinois 13: John N. Erlenborn. Was succeeded by Harris Fawell. Illinois 14: Tom Corcoran: to run for U.S. Senate. Was succeeded by John E. Grotberg....
Dakota's at-large district: Tim Johnson, to run for U.S. Senator Texas's 5th district: John Bryant, to run for U.S. Senator Texas's 12th district: Pete Geren Arkansas's 3rd...
David Bonior retired to run for Governor of Michigan. New York 28: John J. LaFalce retired when redistricted from the 29th district. North Carolina 1:...
moderate to conservative leaning Democrats include Michael McNulty, JohnLaFalce, Scott Murphy, and Brian Higgins. One example of the ideological divide...
seats. Arizona 4: John Shadegg California 22: Andrea Seastrand California 44: Sonny Bono Florida 16: Mark Foley Illinois 18: Ray LaHood Iowa 5: Tom Latham...
Hubbard; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris) Economic Stabilization (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Norman D. Shumway) International Development Institutions...
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United States
United States Army
Captain