Thomas Gangemi

Infobox_Politician
name = Thomas Gangemi


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birth_date = birth date|1903|7|29|mf=y
birth_place = Italy
death_date = death date and age|1976|12|1|1903|7|29|mf=y
death_place = Jersey City, New Jersey
residence = Jersey City, New Jersey
office = Mayor of Jersey City
order = 35th
term_start = 1961-07-01
term_end = 1963-09-25 (resigned)
predecessor = Charles S. Witkowski
successor = Thomas J. Whelan
party = Democratic
religion = Roman Catholic
spouse = Regina
children = Thomas Jr.
website =

Thomas Gangemi (1903-07-29 - 1976-12-01) was the 35th Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey. Elected in 1961, the Italian-born Gangemi was forced to resign from office less than two years later when it was discovered that he had never become a United States citizen. [ citation | newspaper = The New York Times | title = MAYOR GANGEMI QUITS IN JERSEY; Resigns After U.S. Declares He is Not a Citizen | date = 1964-09-26 | page = 1] Following his resignation, Jersey City was without a Mayor for 47 days while the city council failed to reach a consensus on a successor. [ citation | last = Haff | first = Joseph | newspaper = The New York Times | title = MAYOR IS NAMED BY JERSEY CITY; Whelan Replaces Gangemi After 47-Day Delay Jersey City's Council Appoints New Mayor After 47-Day Delay 3-Way Tie | date = 1963-11-13 | page = 1]

Gangemi become a naturalized citizen on September 2, 1964. [ citation | newspaper = The New York Times | title = Ex-Mayor Gangemi To Gain Citizenship In Jersey Tuesday | date = 1964-08-29 | page = 23] He filed petitions to run for Mayor again in 1965, but was refused by the City Clerk and New Jersey Superior Court [ citation | newspaper = The New York Times | title = Gangemi Is Barred From Ballot In Jersey City Contest for Mayor | date = 1964-12-17 | page = 37] before being allowed on the ballot (see Gangemi v. Rosengard 207 A.2d 665 (N.J. 1965)). [ citation | last = Waggoner | first = Walter | newspaper = The New York Times | title = Court Clears Way for Gangemi To Run for Jersey City Mayor; ' Discriminatory' Terms of Faulkner Act Struck Down in Ruling | date = 1965-02-27 | page = 52]

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