John J. Ghezzi

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John J. Ghezzi (1911 - May 9, 1983 Albany, Albany County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.

[edit] Life

He attended Fordham University and Albany Law School, and graduated from St. John's University School of Law in 1933. He entered state government service in 1949, serving as an unemployment insurance referee and an attorney in the corporations division of the Department of State until he was appointed Director of the State Elections and Law Bureau in 1959. He had been deputy secretary of state since 1965 when he was appointed Secretary of State of New York by Governor Malcolm Wilson in 1974.

[edit] Sources

[1] Obit in NYT on May 11, 1983
[2] Military enlistment file, at National Archives

Preceded by John P. Lomenzo	Secretary of State of New York 1974 - 1975	Succeeded by Mario Cuomo

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