George DeLuca

{{short description|American politician}}

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| image = George_B._DeLuca_(2).png

| name = George B. DeLuca

| caption =

| office1 = Lieutenant Governor of New York

| term_start1 = January 1, 1955

| term_end1 = December 31, 1958

| governor1 = W. Averell Harriman

| predecessor1 = Walter J. Mahoney (acting)

| successor1 = Malcolm Wilson

| office2 = Bronx County District Attorney

| term_start2 = January 1, 1950

| predecessor2 = Samuel J. Foley

| term_end2 = December 31, 1954{{cite news|title=Sullivan Bronx Prosecutor|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1955/01/01/93410542.html?pageNumber=6|access-date=15 May 2016|newspaper=New York Times|date=January 1, 1955|page=6}}

| successor2 = Daniel V. Sullivan

| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|09|20}}

| birth_place = West Bronx, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|05|02|1889|09|20}}

| death_place = The Bronx, New York, U.S.

| restingplace =

| party = Democratic

| profession = Lawyer, Banker

| spouse = {{Marriage|Mary M. Reilly|1916|1967|end=died}}

| children = 3

| alma_mater = City University of New York, City College
Columbia Law School

| birth_name = George Benjamin DeLuca

}}

George Benjamin DeLuca (September 20, 1889 – May 2, 1983) was an American lawyer, banker and politician. He was the lieutenant governor of New York from 1955 to 1958.

Life

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He was the son of Mariano DeLuca and Catherine (Bonetti) DeLuca. His parents came to the United States in the 1880s from the Province of Belluno.

He was Bronx County District Attorney from 1950 to 1954. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1955 to 1958, elected on the Democratic ticket with Governor W. Averell Harriman in 1954, but defeated for re-election in 1958. He was a delegate to the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions.

He was a vice president of the Commercial Bank of America, elected in 1959.

He lived in Riverdale, in the Bronx.

He died at North Central Bronx Hospital.

References

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Sources

  • [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delay-delwin.html] Political Graveyard
  • [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/03/obituaries/george-deluca-93-ex-judge-and-50-s-lieutenant-governor.html George DeLuca, 93, Ex-Judge and 50's Lieutenant Governor] Obituary in New York Times, May 3, 1983.

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Category:1889 births

Category:1983 deaths

Category:Lieutenant governors of New York (state)

Category:Bronx County district attorneys

Category:Politicians from the Bronx

Category:American bankers

Category:20th-century New York (state) politicians

Category:American people of Italian descent