Anthony Cafiero

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Member of the New Jersey Senate from Cape May County

| termstart = 1948

| termend = 1954

| predecessor = I. Grant Scott

| successor = Charles Sandman

| name = Anthony James Cafiero

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|2|11}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

| party = Republican

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|9|28|1900|2|11}}

| death_place = Middle Township, New Jersey

| children = James Cafiero

}}

Anthony James Cafiero{{Cite news|date=1982-10-02|title=Anthony J. Cafiero Dies at 82; Judge and Legislator in Jersey (Published 1982)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/02/obituaries/anthony-j-cafiero-dies-at-82-judge-and-legislator-in-jersey.html|access-date=2021-02-18|issn=0362-4331}} (February 11, 1900 – September 28, 1982) was a member of the New Jersey Senate from 1949 to 1953.

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a local barber.{{Cite web|title=The Political Graveyard: Lawyer Politicians in New Jersey, C|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/lawyer.C.html|access-date=2021-02-18|website=politicalgraveyard.com}}{{Cite web|title=Anthony Cafiero in Social Security Death Index|url=https://www.fold3.com/record/15927602-anthony-cafiero-social-security-death-index|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Fold3|language=en}} Cafiero moved to North Wildwood, New Jersey, in 1921.{{Cite web|title=Anthony J. Cafiero – CAFIERO LAW, P.A. {{!}} Cape May County, NJ Attorneys|url=https://cafierolaw.com/anthony-j-cafiero/|access-date=2021-02-18|language=en-US}} He was the Cape May County prosecutor from 1944 to 1946, and was a county judge in Cape May County from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of the New Jersey Senate, representing Cape May County as a Republican, from 1948 to 1954. He served in the New Jersey Superior Court from 1954 until retiring in 1970. A resident of Middle Township, New Jersey, he died on September 28, 1982, at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital.