Anthony J. Celebrezze

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For the former Democratic leader of the Ohio Senate, see Anthony O. Calabrese .

Anthony Joseph Celebrezze Sr. (born Antonio Giuseppe Cilibrizzi, Italian: "Help:IPA/Italian") ; September 4, 1910 – October 29, 1998) was an American politician of the Democratic Party , who served as the 49th mayor of Cleveland , Ohio , as a cabinet member in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit .

Contents

• 1 Early life and education

• 2 Marriage, World War II, and career

• 3 Political career

  • 3.1 Mayor of Cleveland

  • 3.2 Cabinet Secretary

• 4 Federal judicial service

  • 4.1 Notable cases

• 5 Death

• 6 Celebrezze political family

• 7 Legacy

• 8 See also

• 9 References

• 10 External links

Early life and education

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Celebrezze was born in 1910 as one of thirteen children to Dorothy (née Marcogiuseppe) and Rocco Cilibrizzi in Anzi , a town in the administrative region of Basilicata , southern Italy . The family moved to the United States when he was two years old, and the surname was Americanized in spelling to "Celebrezze." /sɛləˈbriːzi/ . After having been a shepherd in Anzi, the father Rocco took an industrial job, becoming a track laborer for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad in Cleveland .

Like many of his immigrant generation, Anthony Celebrezze took odd jobs as a youngster, shining shoes and selling newspapers. He attended Cleveland Public Schools , graduating from Central High School

and Fenn College (later developed as Cleveland State University ).

He graduated from John Carroll University in 1934. During his college years, he earned his way by working as a railroad laborer and freight truck driver, as well as boxer . He later attended Ohio Northern University in Ada , Ohio, where he received a Bachelor of Laws in 1936 from the Claude W. Pettit College of Law (then known as the Warren G. Harding College of Law).

Marriage, World War II, and career

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Celebrezze began working for the Ohio Unemployment Commission in Columbus , Ohio. In 1938, he passed the bar and returned to Cleveland, where he entered the general practice of law. That same year, he married Anne M. Marco, a graduate of Western Reserve University and a teacher in the Cleveland Public School system, on May 7, 1938. With the onset of World War II , Celebrezze enlisted in the United States Navy . Upon his discharge at the end of the war, he returned to private practice.

Political career

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In 1950, Celebrezze ran for a seat in the Ohio State Senate , vacated by Howard Metzenbaum , and won. He served as an Ohio state senator from 1951 to 1953. One of the few Democrats to serve in the Senate at the time, Celebrezze cultivated a friendly relationship with the Republican majority. Governor Frank J. Lausche , a Democrat and former mayor of Cleveland, did not have a good relationship with the Democratic leadership in the Senate. Lausche thus relied heavily on Celebrezze to represent his interests in the Senate.

In 1952, when Celebrezze sought re-election to the state senate, he ran into trouble when he crossed the Democratic party chairman, Ray T. Miller , by supporting fellow Italian American Michael DiSalle for the United States Senate instead of James M. Carney . Celebrezze was renominated by his party and won the general election. Six years later in his gubernatorial campaign, he ran against DiSalle.

Mayor of Cleveland

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In 1952, after continuing battles with the Democratic leadership in the Senate, Celebrezze resigned to run for Mayor of Cleveland . The office was open because sitting mayor Thomas A. Burke had decided not to seek another term. The Democratic party organization chose Albert S. Porter , Engineer of [Cuyahoga County](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_Co

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