George B. DeLuca | |
Office1: | Lieutenant Governor of New York |
Term Start1: | January 1, 1955 |
Term End1: | December 31, 1958 |
Governor1: | W. Averell Harriman |
Predecessor1: | Walter J. Mahoney (acting) |
Successor1: | Malcolm Wilson |
Office2: | Bronx County District Attorney |
Term Start2: | January 1, 1950 |
Predecessor2: | Samuel J. Foley |
Term End2: | December 31, 1954[1] |
Successor2: | Daniel V. Sullivan |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1889 |
Birth Place: | West Bronx, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Profession: | Lawyer, Banker |
Children: | 3 |
Alma Mater: | City University of New York, City College Columbia Law School |
Birth Name: | George Benjamin DeLuca |
George Benjamin DeLuca (September 20, 1889 – May 2, 1983) was an American lawyer, banker and politician. He was the lieutenant governor of New York from 1955 to 1958.
He was the son of Mariano DeLuca and Catherine (Bonetti) DeLuca. His parents came to the United States in the 1880s from the Province of Belluno.
He was Bronx County District Attorney from 1950 to 1954. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1955 to 1958, elected on the Democratic ticket with Governor W. Averell Harriman in 1954, but defeated for re-election in 1958. He was a delegate to the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions.
He was a vice president of the Commercial Bank of America, elected in 1959.
He lived in Riverdale, in the Bronx.
He died at North Central Bronx Hospital.