| Carmine De Sapio  AKA Carmine Gerard De Sapio
Born: 10-Dec-1908
Birthplace: Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NY
Died: 27-Jul-2004
Location of death: St. Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, NY
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Last Boss of Tammany Hall Selected Robert F. Wagner, Jr. as Mayor of New York City (though this is not entirely true -- De Sapio first took polls, because an earlier and less fortunate "mandate": his choice Ferdinand Pecora was defeated in the previous election), and W. Averell Harriman as Governor of New York. In 1969 his attempt to bribe the city water commissioner, James Marcus, ended with a prison term.
Wife: Theresa Natale De Sapio (m. 1937, d. 1998)
Daughter: Geraldine A. De Sapio
State Secretary of State New York
Bribery 1969, sentenced to two years prison
Perjury Indicted 1976
Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
Knights of Columbus
Italian Ancestry
Tammany Hall Boss 1949-61
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