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Frank Monaco was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Biography
[edit]He was elected to a seat on the State Assembly in 1937 on the American Labor Party ticket, with the endorsement of the Socialist Party.[1] In 1938 he was beaten by two men in the driveway of his Brownsville home.[2] Monaco later claimed the attackers were Fascists attempting to prevent him from going to an anti-Fascist meeting.[3] In the 1943 election, he was the running mate of Louis P. Goldberg, the two candidates representing the right-wing of the American Labor Party.[4] He was a founding member of the New York Liberal Party and served as its vice president until he resigned in 1944.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Johnpoll, Bernard K. Pacifist's Progress: Norman Thomas and the Decline of American Socialism. Quadrangle Books. p. 193.
- ^ "2 Sought in Attack on Assemblyman: Thugs Escape After Beating Frank Monaco". The Brooklyn Citizen. December 3, 1938. p. 1.
- ^ "Blames Pro-Fascists". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 4, 1938. p. 2.
- ^ "Goldberg Says State Profiteers on City". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 26, 1943. p. 10.
- ^ "A Founder of Liberal Party Backs O'Dwyer". The Daily Worker. September 11, 1945. p. 3.
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