John A. Notte, Jr.

Infobox Governor
name=John Anthony Notte, Jr.


order=65^th
office=Governor of Rhode Island
term_start=January 3, 1961
term_end=January 1, 1963
lieutenant=Edward P. Gallogly
predecessor=Christopher Del Sesto
successor=John Chafee
birth_date=May 3, 1909
birth_place=Providence, Rhode Island
death_date=March 7, 1983 (aged 73)
death_place=
party=Democrat
spouse=Marie J. Huerth
profession=Lawyer
religion=Catholic
order2=
office2= Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
term_start2= January 6, 1959
term_end2= January 3, 1961
governor2= Christopher Del Sesto
predecessor2= Armand H. Cote
successor2= Edward P. Gallogly

John Anthony Notte, Jr. (May 3, 1909 - March 7, 1983) was an American politician, a Democrat, best know for serving as Governor of Rhode Island.

A son of John Anthony Notte and Eva Theresa (Rondina) Notte, he was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He was married to Marie J. Huerth in 1934. The couple had two children together.

Notte graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1935. He went on to practice law and served as town solicitor in North Providence in 1937.

During the World War II he served in the US Navy and rose to the rank of lieutenant. Just after return to home he was elected Chairman of the Rhode Island Veterans’ Bonus Board.

He later served as a member of staff of Senator Theodore F. Green from 1948 to 1956, and as Chairman of the North Providence Democratic town committee.

Notte resigned from Green's staff after he was elected Secretary of State, a post he held from 1957 to 1958. He was a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention and became Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island in 1959 and served until 1961 under Republican Christopher Del Sesto (Rhode Island Governor and his deputy are elected at the separate ballots).

Notte was elected Governor in 1960, defeating Del Sesto, and held this post from January 3, 1961 to January 1, 1963 - one single two-years term.

Under his administration, a family court was established and Rhode Island held its first one-day, one-place Democratic and Republican primaries

He was defeated for re-election by Republican John Chafee. His defeat was mainly caused by withdrawn support from labor union (he was the first Democratic Governor running without labor support), because of his support for a state income tax and his decision to legalize night horse racing.

After left office, he returned to his law practice and sought Democratic nomination in the special election to the United States House of Representatives in 1967 and lost primary.

He was a Catholic.

External links

* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=35efc0e87984b010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Biography from National Governors Association Site]
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