Background
LA CUARDIA, Fiorello H. was born on December 11, 1882 in New York City.
LA CUARDIA, Fiorello H. was born on December 11, 1882 in New York City.
New York University, Bachelor of Laws, 1910.
Sec. Marie A. Fisher. Consular Service, Austria, 1901-1904 and Hungary, 1904-1906. Interpreter, Ellis Island, 1907-1910.
Began law practice, 1910. Deputy Attorney General, New York, 1915-1917. President, Board of Aldermen, New York City, 1920-1921.
Elected to Congress, since 1916. Volunteered United States Army, 1917. First Lieutenant; promoted to Captain and then Major, United States Air Service.
Pilot of bombing plane on Italian-Austrian front. Decorated Croix de Guerre. Knight Commander; Crown of Italy.
Spouse Thea Amerigotti, 1919, (dec.