ADDABBO, Joseph Patrick, a Representative from New
York; born in Ozone Park, Queens County, N.Y., March
17, 1925; attended Public School 59, Boys’ High School,
Brooklyn, and City College of New York; graduated from
St. John’s Law School in 1946 and commenced the practice
of law in Ozone Park, N.Y., in 1947; president of Ozone
Park Men’s Association, 1948-1959 and Ferrini Welfare
League of Catholic Charities, 1956-1958; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the twelve succeeding
Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his death
in Washington, D.C., April 10, 1986; interment in St. John’s
Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.