Vincent Luke Palmisano

Vincent Luke Palmisano (1937)

Vincent Luke Palmisano (born August 5, 1882 in Termini Imerese , Italy , † probably January 12, 1953 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1927 and 1939 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1887, Vincent Palmisano and his parents came to Baltimore from his Italian homeland, where he attended public schools. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Maryland and his admission as a lawyer in 1909, he began to work in Baltimore in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served in the Maryland House of Representatives in 1914 and 1915 ; from 1915 to 1923 he was a member of the Baltimore City Council. Between 1925 and 1927 he worked as a Police Examiner for the police in his hometown. He was also a member of the Democratic Party Executive Committee in Baltimore between 1923 and 1927.

In the 1926 congressional election , Palmisano was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill on March 4, 1927 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . Since 1933, most of the federal government's New Deal laws have been passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . During Palmisano's time in Congress, the 20th and 21st amendments were ratified. In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time, according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. From 1935 to 1939 Palmisano headed the education committee. From 1937 he was also chairman of the District of Columbia Administration Committee . In 1938 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Vincent Palmisano practiced again as a lawyer. Until 1952 he was a member of the Baltimore City Planning Committee. He died under mysterious circumstances, probably on January 12, 1953. That day he disappeared from his Baltimore apartment. On March 5 of the same year, his body was found in a dock. The authorities assumed a suicide.

Web links

• Vincent Luke Palmisano in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Vincent Luke Palmisano in the database of Find a Grave (English)