Al D'Amato

Al D'Amato

Alfonse Marcello "Al" D'Amato (born August 1, 1937 in Brooklyn ) is an American lawyer and politician . Between 1981 and 1999, he was a Republican Senator for New York State .

D'Amato, who is descended from Italian ancestors, grew up in Long Island and attended Chaminade High School , Syracuse University School of Business Administration and Syracuse University College of Law (degree: Juris Doctor ). His political career began in Nassau County with the Republicans, where he quickly became Public Administrator of Nassau County . In 1977 he was appointed supervisor of the Town of Hempstead .

In 1980 he entered the United States Senate, where he replaced Jacob K. Javits , whom he had previously defeated in the Republican Primary . He was chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and a member of the Senate Finance Committee . In 1992 he spoke and sang the first long filibuster with over 15 hours since the introduction of live broadcasts from the US Senate to prevent a typewriter factory from moving from his home state New York. Between 1995 and 1996 he was Chairman of the Senate Special Whitewater Committee . In 1998 he ran again for election, but was defeated by his Democratic rival Chuck Schumer and left the Senate on January 3, 1999.

In 1995 his autobiography Power, Pasta & Politics: The World According to Senator Al D'Amato was published.

Fonts

• Alfonse D'Amato: Power, Pasta & Politics: The World According to Senator Al D'Amato . Hypersion, New York 1995, ISBN 978-0-7868-6045-6 (357 pages)

literature

• Alfonse M. D'Amato , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 19/1999 from May 3, 1999, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

• Al D'Amato in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)