Italian-American lawyer and politician (1902–1954)
Vito Marcantonio
Marcantonio in the 1930s
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1951
Preceded by
James J. Lanzetta
Succeeded by
James G. Donovan
Constituency
20th district (1939–1945) 18th district (1945–1951)
In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
Preceded by
James J. Lanzetta
Succeeded by
James J. Lanzetta
Constituency
20th district
Personal details
Born
Vito Anthony Marcantonio
December 10, 1902 New York City, U.S.
Died
August 9, 1954(1954-08-09) (aged 51) New York City, U.S.
Political party
American Labor (1937–1954) Republican (1935–1937)
Spouse
Miriam A. Sanders
(m. 1925)
Alma mater
New York University School of Law
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]
For most of his political career, he was a member of the American Labor Party, believing that neither major American political party supported the interests of the working class. For two years prior to his party switching to Labor, he was a New Deal coalition member of the progressive branch of the Republican Party as a supporter of Fiorello LaGuardia (the progressive, pro-New Deal Republican mayor of New York at the time). Marcantonio was a socialist and avid supporter of political causes and positions which he deemed in the interests of the working class, poor, immigrants, labor unions, and African-American civil rights.[2]
Marcantonio represented the neighborhood of East Harlem in New York City (containing the smaller neighborhoods of Italian Harlem and Spanish Harlem), which was home to many ethnic Italians, Jews, African-Americans, and Puerto Ricans. He spoke Spanish, Italian, and English. Marcantonio advocated fiercely for the rights of African-Americans, Italian-American immigrants, and Puerto Rican immigrants in Harlem, as well as for unions and workers in general.
^Minton, Bruce (November 1936). "That Man Marcantonio" (PDF). New Masses: 3–5. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^Serby, Benjamin (December 20, 2018). "New York's Last Socialist Congressperson". Jacobin. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022.
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...
Federal penitentiary in Atlanta. In 1939, United States Congressman VitoMarcantonio, strongly criticized the proceedings, calling the trial a "frame-up"...
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the nomination despite an attempted resolution condemning Roosevelt. VitoMarcantonio was a supporter of the Soviet Union. Labor activists Victor Alter and...
Representative VitoMarcantonio. Until Isacson's election, as commentator Drew Pearson wrote at the time: Rambunctious, left-wing Representative VitoMarcantonio of...
the Congressional Record of April 14, 1937, page 4499. Congressman VitoMarcantonio of New York also criticized Winship, and in 1939, President Roosevelt...
symbolized the Left in Congress more consistently than VitoMarcantonio." Gerald Meyer (1989). VitoMarcantonio: Radical Politician, 1902-1954. SUNY Press. pp...
killing seventeen and wounding more than two hundred." Congressman VitoMarcantonio joined in the criticism, filing charges against Governor Winship with...
December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Accessed on October 30, 2010. VitoMarcantonio, U.S. Congressman. Five Years of Tyranny. Speech before the U.S. House...
obligatory language of instruction in Puerto Rican high schools. In 1946, VitoMarcantonio introduced legislation to restore Spanish as the language of instruction...
December 14, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2011. ""Five Years of Tyranny", VitoMarcantonio". Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. "The "police riot"...
leftist and was the first to compare her to New York Representative VitoMarcantonio, who was accused of being a communist. Boddy, Nixon, and Douglas each...
Douglas's voting record was similar to that of New York Congressman VitoMarcantonio, reputed to be a communist, and their political views must be nearly...
Senate to the Republicans. The defeat of the Labor Party congressman VitoMarcantonio left third parties without representation in Congress for the first...
House of Representatives passed it with one dissenting vote, from VitoMarcantonio who preferred full independence. President Harry Truman signed it into...
the 1950 U.S. Senate election and the Liberals aided in ALP member VitoMarcantonio lose reelection. The Liberals replaced the ALP, the "shoddy tool of...
Public Lands; 81st Congress (1949-1950); Testimony of Congressman VitoMarcantonio (D-NY); March 16, 1960". Archived from the original on February 10...
by Italian-American civil rights lawyer, activist, and socialist VitoMarcantonio. The Italian neighborhood approached its peak in the 1930s, with over...
the Bureau to immediately identify potential threats. Congressman VitoMarcantonio called it "terror by index cards". Senator George W. Norris complained...
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