Background
Anthony J. Armentano was born in Hartford, son of Joseph and Rosina (Donato) Armentano.
Anthony J. Armentano was born in Hartford, son of Joseph and Rosina (Donato) Armentano.
He went to Hartford Public High School, then studied at Boston University, where he got a Bachelor of Arts in business administration in 1939. Then he studied at the Boston University School of Law and received his law degree in 1941.
He was admitted to the Connecticut Bar the same year. He served in the United States. Army during the Second World War, reaching the rank of Captain before he was discharged. He started to practice law in 1946.
In 1953, he became a judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
Armentano was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1957. He was president pro tempore from 1959.
As such, he became the new Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut when the lieutenat governor John North. Dempsey succeeded governor Abraham A. Ribicoff as governor. However, he resigned as lieutenant governor in 1963.
Armentano was appointed judge of the Superior Court in 1965.
He became a of the Supreme Court of Connecticut on March 2, 1981. In January 1983, he became a Senior Associate He died December 25, 1987.