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Angelo D. Roncallo
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
Preceded byLester L. Wolff
Succeeded byJerome A. Ambro, Jr.
Personal details
Born
Angelo Dominick Roncallo

(1927-05-08)May 8, 1927
Port Chester, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 4, 2010(2010-05-04) (aged 82)
Political partyRepublican
Alma materManhattan College
Georgetown University

Angelo Dominick Roncallo (May 28, 1927 – May 4, 2010) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served one term as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Nassau County, New York from 1973 to 1975. He was a justice on the New York Supreme Court from 1977 to 1995.

Biography[edit]

Roncallo was born in Port Chester, New York. He served in the United States Army from 1944 until 1945. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1950 and received a law degree from Georgetown University in 1953.

Early career[edit]

He served as a town councilman for the town of Oyster Bay, New York, from 1965 until 1967 and as comptroller of Nassau County, New York, from 1968 until 1972.

He was a delegate to the 1972 Republican National Convention.

Congress[edit]

He was elected to Congress in 1972 and served from January 3, 1973, until January 3, 1975. He unsuccessfully ran for re-election against Jerome A. Ambro, Jr.

New York Supreme Court[edit]

He served as a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1977 until 1995.

Retirement and death[edit]

He was a resident of Massapequa, New York, for many years.

He died on May 4, 2010.

Sources[edit]

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd congressional district

1973–1975
Succeeded by

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