- Robert Giaimo
Infobox_Congressman
name= Robert Giaimo
state=Connecticut
district=
term= 1959-1981
preceded=Albert W. Cretella
succeeded=Lawrence Joseph DeNardis
date of birth= birth date|1919|10|15|mf=y
place of birth=New Haven, Connecticut
date of death= death date and age|2006|5|24|1919|10|15|mf=y
place of death=Arlington, Virginia
spouse=
profession= Attorney
religion=
party= Democrat |Robert Nicholas Giaimo (
October 15 1919 –May 24 2006 ) was a DemocraticUS Representative fromConnecticut . He co-sponsored the legislation creating theNational Endowment for the Arts and theNational Endowment for the Humanities . He helped create theWashington Metro and sponsored legislation eliminating theloyalty oath requirement for college students applying for a federal grant.Early life and career
Born in
New Haven, Connecticut , Giaimo was the son of an immigrant fromSicily who founded the city's Community Bank and Trust Company, which provided loans to many of his fellow immigrants. He attended North Haven public schools and graduated fromFordham University in 1941 and earned hislaw degree at theUniversity of Connecticut in 1943.He served in the
United States Army from 1943 until separated from the service as a first lieutenant in 1946 (he continued serving as a captain,Judge Advocate General Corps ,United States Army Reserve ). He was admitted to the bar in 1947 and commenced practicing law inNew Haven, Connecticut . He became a member of North Haven Board of Education 1949-1955 and an assistant clerk to the Probate Court in New Haven between 1952-1954. He rose to chairman of the Connecticut Personnel Appeals Board for the period 1955-1958 and was thirdselectman , North Haven from 1955 to 1957.Congressional career
Politically, he was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1956 to the
Eighty-fifth United States Congress .He succeeded in being elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-sixth United States Congress and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3 1959 -January 3 1981 ). During the Ninety-fifth andNinety-sixth United States Congress es he acted as chairman of the House Committee on the Budget. He stood down and was not a candidate for reelection to theNinety-seventh United States Congress in 1980.He died in
Arlington, Virginia of complications from heart and lung disease.###@@@KEY@@@###USRepSuccessionBox
state=Connecticut
district=3
before=Albert W. Cretella
after=Lawrence Joseph DeNardis
years=January 3 ,1959 –January 3 ,1981
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