John P. Lomenzo was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He graduated from Fordham University School of Law

Fordham University School of Law

Fordham University School of Law is a part of Fordham University in the United States. The School is located in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, and is one of eight ABA-approved law schools in that city.-Overview:According to the U.S. News & World Report, 1,516 J.D. students attend...

, and was admitted to the bar in 1939. He was a judge of the Monroe County Court when he was the Republican candidate for New York State Comptroller

New York State Comptroller

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 in 1962. He was defeated by the incumbent Democrat Arthur Levitt, Sr.

Arthur Levitt, Sr.

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, but was appointed Secretary of State of New York

Secretary of State of New York

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 by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller on August 22, 1963, and stayed in office until he was replaced by Governor Malcolm Wilson

Malcolm Wilson (New York)

Charles Malcolm Wilson was the 50th Governor of New York from December 18, 1973, to December 31, 1974. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1939 to 1958. He also served in the Navy during World War II...

 after Rockefeller's resignation. In 1970-71, he was the President of the National Association of Secretaries of State

National Association of Secretaries of State

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. He was an alternate delegate to the 1964 Republican National Convention

1964 Republican National Convention

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.

Since 1975, he had been a director of Conair Corporation

Conair Corporation

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. He was a partner in the law firm of Field, Lomenzo & Turret.

His son John P. Lomenzo, Jr., has been Town Court Justice of Penfield, New York

Penfield, New York

Penfield is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. The population was 36,242 at the 2010 census.The town was incorporated in 1810 by the proprietor, Daniel Penfield, who purchased the town lands in 1795 and moved to the area in 1809. Penfield is a suburb of Rochester, New York...

since 1995.

Sources

• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E7D71530F932A25755C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon= Obit notice, in NYT on June 11, 2004
• http://sec.edgar-online.com/1995/04/27/00/0000950112-95-001166/Section11.asp SEC file on Conair, at Edgar on-line
• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/loges-lonergan.html Political Graveyard
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4180/is_20041130/ai_n10070484 Monroe County Bar pays tribute to deceased colleagues, in Daily Record (Rochester, NY) on November 30, 2004
• http://www.fordham.edu/images/Whats_New/magazine/winter05/FordhamW_05_notes_mem.pdf Fordham alumni notes