Emilio Quincy Daddario (September 24, 1918 – July 7, 2010) was an American Democratic politician from

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. He served as a member of the 86th through

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es.

Life and career

Daddario was born on September 24, 1918, in

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, the son of

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parents, Attilio and Giovanna ( Ciovacco) Daddario. He attended public school in

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as well as Tilton Academy in New Hampshire and the Newton Country Day School in Massachusetts. In 1939, he graduated from

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. Daddario attended

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from 1939 to 1941 but transferred to the

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from which he graduated in 1942. He was admitted to the bar in Connecticut and Massachusetts that year. He began his law practice in

. In February 1943 he enlisted as a private in the

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. He was assigned to the

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at Fort Meade, Maryland and served in the

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. "According to the 2004 book '' Mussolini: The Last 600 Days of Il Duce'', by Ray Moseley, Mr. Daddario was credited with capturing

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's chief of staff,

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, at the Hotel Milan in April 1945. Daddario's decorations included the

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and the

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." He was a captain when he left the service in September 1945 and received the Italian Medaglia d'Argento. Daddario continued his military service in the

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. He served as mayor of Middletown, Connecticut from 1946 to 1948. He was appointed a judge of the Middletown Municipal Court where he served from 1948 to 1950. During the

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, he returned to active duty as a major with the Forty-third Division of the Connecticut National Guard in the Far East Liaison Group until 1952. He then returned to his law practice in

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. Daddario won election in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress and served until January 3, 1971. "On Capitol Hill, he chaired the House Science Committee's subcommittee on science research and development, and the subcommittee on patents and science inventions. He also served on a subcommittee that was involved with the planning and development of the Apollo missions to the moon." He did not seek re-election to the Ninety-second Congress in 1970. He ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Connecticut in 1970, losing the general election to Thomas J. Meskill. He continued his career in public service as Director of the Office of Technology Assessment from 1973 to 1977. "For his sustained contributions to science and the national welfare during the years he served as a Congressman," Daddario was awarded the

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from the

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in 1976. He served as president of the

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from 1977 to 1978. He co-chaired the

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's Association for the Advancement of Sciences and the Conference of Lawyers and Scientists from 1979 to 1989. Daddario was married to the former Berenice M. Carbo. He died on July 7, 2010, from

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, according to his son, Richard, the

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's incoming deputy commissioner for counter-terrorism. At the time of his death he lived in

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Two of his grandchildren,

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and Matthew, are actors.

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"A 007 in Sicily"
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