Victor Anfuso

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso

| image = Victor Anfuso.jpg

| state = New York

| district = 8th

| term_start = January 3, 1955

| term_end = January 3, 1963

| preceded = Louis B. Heller

| succeeded = John J. Rooney (redistricting)

| term_start2 = January 3, 1951

| term_end2 = January 3, 1953

| preceded2 = Joseph L. Pfeifer

| succeeded2 = Louis B. Heller

| birth_date = {{birth date text|March 10, 1905}}

| death_date = {{death-date and age|December 28, 1966|March 10, 1905}}

| birth_place = Gagliano Castelferrato, Sicily

| death_place = Manhattan, New York

| citizenship = {{US}}

| spouse =

| children =

| profession = Attorney
Politician
Judge

| party = Democratic

| alma_mater = Brooklyn Law School

| nickname =

| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}

| branch = {{flag|United States Army}}

| serviceyears = 1943 until 1945

| rank =

| unit = Office of Strategic Services

| commands =

| battles = World War II

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}}

Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso (March 10, 1905 – December 28, 1966) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran, and politician who served five terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1951 to 1953, then again from 1955 to 1963.

Biography

Born in Gagliano Castelferrato, Sicily, the son of Salvatore Anfuso and Mariannina L'Episcopo, he immigrated to the United States in 1914. He attended Columbia University and graduated from Brooklyn Law School in 1927. He married Frances Stallone on June 15, 1930.

Career

Anfuso served in the Office of Strategic Services in the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II from 1943 until 1945. He was elected to Congress in 1950 and served from January 3, 1951, until January 3, 1953. He was city magistrate of Brooklyn from February 1954 until his resignation in July 1954, when he was elected to Congress again and served from January 3, 1955, until January 3, 1963.{{cite web|title=Victor Anfuso|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/victor_anfuso/400891|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|access-date=14 July 2013}}

Elected to the New York Supreme Court in 1962, Anfuso served in that capacity until his death.{{cite web|title=Victor Anfuso|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000255|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=14 July 2013}}

Anfuso appeared in the first segment of To Tell the Truth, March 5, 1957, as an imposter of President Dwight Eisenhower's personal barber, Steve Martini.{{cite web|title=Victor Anfuso|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHUcYFtjN1w |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/nHUcYFtjN1w |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|publisher=You Tube video, To Tell the Truth|access-date=17 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}

Death

Anfuso suffered a heart attack during a meeting at the Warwick Hotel, and died soon after in Manhattan, New York, on December 28, 1966 (age 61 years, 293 days). He is interred at St. John Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, New York.{{cite web|title=Victor Anfuso|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/andridge-anstine.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=14 July 2013}}