Anthony James Cafiero (February 11, 1900 – September 28, 1982) was a member of the

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from 1949 to 1953. He was born in

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, the son of a local barber. Cafiero moved to

North Wildwood, New Jersey North Wildwood is a City (New Jersey), city located on the Jersey Shore in Cape May County, New Jersey, Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city and all of Cape May County are part of the Ocean City, New Jersey, Ocean City metr ...

, in 1921. He was the

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prosecutor from 1944 to 1946, and was a county judge in Cape May County from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of the New Jersey Senate, representing

as a Republican, from 1948 to 1954. He served in the

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from 1954 until retiring in 1970. A resident of

Middle Township, New Jersey Middle Township is a Township (New Jersey), township in Cape May County, New Jersey, Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City, New Jersey, Ocean City metropolitan sta ...

, he died on September 28, 1982, at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital.

Family

He married Hazel Koenig in 1926. Their son,

James Cafiero James S. Cafiero (September 21, 1928 – August 3, 2023) was an American attorney and Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1972 and in the New Jersey Senate from 1972 to 1982 and from 1990 to 2 ...

, served in the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly.

References

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