Joseph Patrick Addabbo

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Joseph Patrick Addabbo (March 17 1925 – April 10 1986) was a New York City politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1986. As the chairman of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense in the 1980s he was a noted critic of President Ronald Reagan’s massive defense spending increases.Addabbo was born in Queens New York and lived in the borough his entire life. He was a 1946 graduate of St.

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active years end date

1963-01-03, 1983-01-03, 1986-04-10

active years start date

1961-01-03, 1963-01-03, 1983-01-03

alma mater

St. John's University School of Law, City College of New York

birth date

1925-03-17

birth place

Queens

death date

1986-04-10

death place

Washington D.C.

party

Democratic Party (United States)

region

New York's 5th congressional district, New York's 6th congressional district, New York's 7th congressional district, New York

religion

Catholic Church