Victor Anfuso Explained

Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso
State:New York
District:8th
Term Start:January 3, 1955
Term End:January 3, 1963
Preceded:Louis B. Heller
Succeeded:Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Term Start2:January 3, 1951
Term End2:January 3, 1953
Preceded2:Joseph L. Pfeifer
Succeeded2:Louis B. Heller
Birth Date: March 10, 1905
Birth Place:Gagliano Castelferrato, Sicily
Death Place:Manhattan, New York
Profession:Attorney
Politician
Judge
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Brooklyn Law School
Allegiance: United States
Serviceyears:1943 until 1945
Unit:Office of Strategic Services
Battles:World War II

Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso (March 10, 1905 – December 28, 1966) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and politician who served five terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1951 to 1953, then again from 1955 to 1963.

Biography

Born in Gagliano Castelferrato, Sicily, the son of Salvatore Anfuso and Mariannina L'Episcopo, he immigrated to the United States in 1914. He attended Columbia University and graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1927. He married Frances Stallone on June 15, 1930.

Career

Anfuso served in the Office of Strategic Services in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II from 1943 until 1945. He was elected to Congress in 1950 and served from January 3, 1951, until January 3, 1953. He was city magistrate of Brooklyn from February 1954 until his resignation in July 1954, when he was elected to Congress again and served from January 3, 1955, until January 3, 1963.[1]

Elected to the New York Supreme Court in 1962, Anfuso served in that capacity until his death.[2]

Anfuso appeared in the first segment of To Tell the Truth, March 5, 1957, as an imposter of President Dwight Eisenhower's personal barber, Steve Martini.[3]

Death

Anfuso suffered a heart attack during a meeting at the Warwick Hotel, and died soon after in Manhattan, New York, on December 28, 1966 (age 61 years, 293 days). He is interred at St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Victor Anfuso. Govtrack US Congress. 14 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Victor Anfuso. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 14 July 2013.
  3. Web site: Victor Anfuso. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/nHUcYFtjN1w . 2021-12-13 . live. You Tube video, To Tell the Truth. 17 September 2018.
  4. Web site: Victor Anfuso. The Political Graveyard. 14 July 2013.