Charles Anthony Rapallo was an American lawyer and politician from New York

New York

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Life

He was the son of Anthony Rapallo and Elizabeth (Gould) Rapallo. He was educated exclusively by his father who was eminent for his accomplishments both as a lawyer and as a linguist, and from whom the son learned to speak English, French, Spanish, and Italian, and received seven years' instruction in law. He never went to school. In 1837, he began to study law in his father's office, was admitted to the bar in 1843, and practiced in New York City.

In 1870

New York special judicial election, 1870

A special judicial election was held on May 17, 1870, to fill the seats on the re-organized New York Court of Appeals.- Background :An Amendment to the New York Constitution, adopted in November 1869, re-organized the Court of Appeals. The first judges were to be elected at a special statewide...

, he was elected on the Democratic ticket to a fourteen-year term on the New York Court of Appeals

New York Court of Appeals

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. In 1880

New York state election, 1880

The 1880 New York state election was held on November 2, 1880, to elect the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.-History:...

, he ran for Chief Judge

Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals

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 but was defeated by Republican Charles J. Folger

Charles J. Folger

Charles James Folger was an American lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 1881 until his death.-Early life:...

. Rapallo was re-elected in 1884

New York state election, 1884

The 1884 New York state election was held on November 4, 1884, to elect two judges of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly.-History:...

, and died in office.

He died of "Bright's disease

Bright's disease

Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. The term is no longer used, as diseases are now classified according to their more fully understood causes....

and heart trouble" at his home at 17 West Thirty-first Street in New York City.

Sources

• Court of Appeals judges at New York Court History
• DEATH OF JUDGE RAPALLO in NYT on December 29, 1887