James Anthony Galdieri was an American

United States

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 Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

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 politician from Jersey City

Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...

 who was elected to represent portions of Hudson County

Hudson County, New Jersey

Hudson County is the smallest county in New Jersey and one of the most densely populated in United States. It takes its name from the Hudson River, which creates part of its eastern border. Part of the New York metropolitan area, its county seat and largest city is Jersey City.- Municipalities...

 in the New Jersey Senate

New Jersey Senate

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 in a special election held to fill a vacancy created when a sitting member of the Senate was removed.

Biography

Galdieri was born in Jersey City, the son of James J. Galdieri

James J. Galdieri

James J. Galdieri was an American Democratic Party politician from Jersey City who was elected to a single term representing portions of Hudson County in the New Jersey General Assembly.-Biography:...

, who had served a single term as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly

New Jersey General Assembly

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 in 1932 and 1933. He attended Seton Hall University

Seton Hall University

Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the...

 and after graduating there moved on to New York University School of Law

New York University School of Law

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 where was awarded a law degree. He was a general counsel at the Jersey City Housing Authority.

In November 1980, Galdieri won a special election to fill the unexpired portion of the New Jersey Senate seat vacated by fellow Democrat David Friedland

David Friedland

David J. Friedland is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Hudson County, New Jersey who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature, serving in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1966 to 1974 and then was elected to the Senate, serving from 1978 until his conviction...

, who had been convicted of bribery charges related to a loan made by a Teamsters pension fund. At the time of his taking office, the district covered North Bergen

North Bergen, New Jersey

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 and portions of Jersey City. The district was changed significantly in redistricting based on the results of the 1980 United States Census, and Galdieri decided not to run for election in the district he had been relocated to.

He was nominated in 1983 to serves on the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission

New Jersey Meadowlands Commission

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 by Governor of New Jersey

Governor of New Jersey

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 Thomas Kean

Thomas Kean

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, where he advocated for constriction of a food distribution center in Jersey City, North Bergen and Secaucus

Secaucus, New Jersey

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 which was never approved.

Galdieri had moved to Verona

Verona, New Jersey

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 in 2003 and retired from the firm of Miller & Galdieri in 2006. He died at age 74 on May 15, 2009 and was interred at Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City

Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City

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. He was survived by his wife, a daughter, three sons and three grandchildren.