Vincent L. Palmisano | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1939 | |
| Preceded by | John Philip Hill |
| Succeeded by | Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vincenzo Palmisano (1882-08-05)August 5, 1882 |
| Died | January 12, 1953(1953-01-12) (aged 70) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | New Cathedral Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Maryland, Baltimore |
Vincent Luke Palmisano (August 5, 1882 – after January 12, 1953) was an American politician fromMaryland.
Born asVincenzo Palmisano inTermini Imerese,Palermo in theKingdom of Italy, to Cosimo Palmisano and Anna Maria Sansone Chiariano. Palmisano emigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled inBaltimore in 1887. He attended parochial schools and studied law at theUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore. He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice in Baltimore.[1][2]
Palmisano served as a member of theMaryland House of Delegates in 1914 and 1915, as a member of the Baltimore City Council from 1915 to 1923, as a member of the Democratic State central committee of Baltimore from 1923 to 1927, and as police examiner of Baltimore from 1925-1927. In 1926, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth and to the five succeedingCongresses, serving from March 4, 1927 to January 3, 1939. His re-election in 1928 was very close, winning by only 330 votes and was contested. While the committee report recommended that Palmisano was not elected due to irregularities in one precinct ("No attempt whatever was made by the election board to follow the law as to counting, recording, or certifying the vote in this precinct") and questions about his residency, the report was never acted on by the House.[3]
In Congress, Palmisano served as chairman of theCommittee on Education (Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses), and as a member of theCommittee on the District of Columbia (Seventy-fifth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938. After his tenure in Congress, Palmisano resumed the practice of law and served on the Baltimore Zoning Board until his resignation in 1952.
Palmisano had been in ill health after an emergencyappendectomy in the summer of 1952. He disappeared from his home on January 12, 1953, and his gloves were soon discovered at a pier along theBaltimore Inner Harbor. Suspecting suicide, the police andCoast Guard dragged the frigid waters of the harbor in search of his remains. On March 5, 1953, a body was recovered from the harbor and confirmed to be Palmisano by his landlady. He is interred in theNew Cathedral Cemetery of Baltimore.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's 3rd congressional district 1927–1939 | Succeeded by |
| Education and Labor (1867–1883) |  | |
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| Education (1883–1947) | ||
| Labor (1883–1947) | ||
| Education and Labor* (1947–) | ||
| Note | * Alternately namedEconomic and Educational Opportunities in 104th Congress andEducation and the Workforce in 105th through 109th and 112th through 115th Congresses. | |
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