Joseph J. Maraziti

Joseph J. Maraziti (1973)

Joseph James Maraziti (born June 15, 1912 in Boonton , Morris County , New Jersey , †  May 20, 1991 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1973 and 1975 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Maraziti attended public schools in his home country. In 1931 he was in a military training camp for civilians. Between 1931 and 1934 and from 1938 to 1940 he was an administrative clerk with the New Jersey Senate . From 1938 to 1940 he worked in the same capacity for the New Jersey General Assembly . After studying law at the School of Law of Fordham University , he started working and its 1,938 have been admitted to the bar in Boonton in this profession. From 1940 to 1947 he was a judge in Boonton; he later served as assistant prosecutor in Morris County from 1950 to 1953.

Politically, Maraziti was a member of the Republican Party . From 1958 to 1967 he was a member of the General Assembly ; from 1968 to 1972 he was a member of the State Senate. In 1966 he took part as a delegate at the regional Republican party conference in New Jersey; In 1968 he was an alternative delegate to the Republican National Convention , where Richard Nixon was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1972 congressional election , Maraziti was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 13th  constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Cornelius Edward Gallagher on January 3, 1973 . In 1974 he was not re-elected, which was also a consequence of the Watergate Affair , which harmed all Republican candidates.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Joseph Maraziti practiced law again. He died on May 20, 1991 in his native Boonton.

Web links

• Joseph J. Maraziti in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)