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Fiorello H. La Guardia

American politician; 99th Mayor of New York City (1934-45) · United States · Politicians · Lived 1882 to 1947 · aged 64

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He ran New York through the Depression and the war, built what still stands, and broke the machine that had run the city like a syndicate for generations.

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  1. The gentleman [Mr. Taber] from New York says [agricultural research] is all foolish. Yes; it was foolish when Burbank was experimenting with wild cactus.

    Dec 28, 1932, Remarks as a member of the 72nd U.S. Congress (28 December 1932) in opposition to an attempt to eliminate a small amount from the, Own words

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Awards

Peabody Awards
Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

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About this person

Born December 11, 1882, to Italian immigrants in New York, La Guardia moved through Congress twice - 1917 to 1919, then 1923 to 1933 - before running for mayor in the depths of the Great Depression. He won in 1933 on a Roosevelt-and-New-Deal platform and held the job for twelve years. In office he unified the transit system, expanded housing and parks and airports, reorganized the police, and funneled federal money into the city while starving Tammany Hall of the patronage it had lived on. His Sunday radio program ran from 1941 to 1945, making him a voice beyond the five boroughs. He left office in 1946 and died the following September.

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United States
Category
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Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1882 to 1947 · aged 64

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