Angelo Dominick Roncallo (May 28, 1927 – May 4, 2010) was a

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member of the

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from

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. Roncallo was born in

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. He served in the

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from 1944 until 1945. He graduated from Manhattan College in 1950 and received a law degree from

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in 1953. He served as a town councilman for the town of

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, from 1965 until 1967 and as comptroller of

, from 1968 until 1972. He was a delegate to the

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. He was elected to Congress in 1972 and served from January 3, 1973, until January 3, 1975. He unsuccessfully ran for re-election against Jerome A. Ambro, Jr. He served as a justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1977 until 1995. He was a resident of Massapequa, New York, for many years. He died on May 4, 2010.

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