Herman Badillo

Herman Badillo

Herman Badillo (born August 21, 1929 in Caguas , Puerto Rico , † December 3, 2014 in New York City , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1971 and 1977 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Herman Badillo attended public schools in New York City , where he had moved to live with an aunt after his parents died. In 1951 he graduated from the City College of New York . After a subsequent law degree at Brooklyn Law School and his admission to the bar in 1954, he began to work in this profession from 1955. In 1956 he also worked as a sworn accountant. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . Between 1962 and 1965 he worked for the New York City Department of Relocation ; from 1966 to 1970 he was Borough President of the Bronx . In 1967 he took part as a delegate at the regional party conference for New York; a year later he did the same job at the Democratic National Convention . In 1969, 1973, and 1977 he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for New York mayor elections.

In the 1970 congressional election , Badillo was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 22nd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Jacob H. Gilbert on January 3, 1971 . After three re-elections in the 21st district of his state, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on December 31, 1977 . During this time, among other things, the end of the Vietnam War and the Watergate affair fell .

His resignation came because he had accepted the office of one of seven deputy mayors of New York. Under the administration of Mayor Ed Koch , he was responsible, among other things, for the field of work. He held this office until September 1979. He resigned after a falling out with Koch over the question of a funding program for the Bronx. After that, Badillo practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1984 and 1986 he was the chairman of the board of the New York Mortgage Agency . In 1986 and 1993 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of New York State Comptroller . In the 1990s, Badillo leaned more towards the Republican Party , of which he became a member at the end of that decade. Despite his now advanced age, Herman Badillo worked as a lawyer in a large law firm to the end.

Web links

Commons : Herman Badillo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Herman Badillo in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Herman Badillo in the nndb (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Herman Badillo, Congressman and Fixture of New York Politics, Dies at 85

predecessor	Office	successor
Joseph F. Periconi	Borough President of the Bronx 1966–1970	Robert Abrams
Jacob H. Gilbert	United States House of Representatives for New York (22nd constituency) January 3, 1971 - January 3, 1973	Jonathan Brewster Bingham
James H. Scheuer	United States House of Representatives for New York (21st constituency) January 3, 1973 - December 31, 1977	Robert García