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Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
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D'ALESANDRO, Thomas, Jr., (father of Nancy Pelosi),
a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., August 1,
1903; attended the parochial schools and Calvert Business College, Baltimore,
Md.; engaged in the brokerage and insurance business in Baltimore, Md.; member
of the State house of delegates in 1926-1933; general deputy collector of
internal revenue in 1933 and 1934; member of the Baltimore City Council
1935-1938; delegate to each Democratic National Convention from 1944 to 1968;
elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the four succeeding
Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation on May 16,
1947; mayor of Baltimore, Md., from May 1947 to May 1959; defeated for
renomination in the March primary election; unsuccessful candidate for election
to the United States Senate in 1958; appointed by President Kennedy to the
Federal Renegotiation Board, 1961-1969; insurance and real estate broker; was a
resident of Baltimore, Md. until his death there August 23, 1987; interment in
New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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