Peter Angelo Cavicchia

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Peter Angelo Cavicchia, Member of the United States Congress, was born in Roccamandolfi, Province of Campobasso, Italy, May 22, 1879. He immigrated to the United States in 1888 with his parents, who settled in Newark, New Jersey Cavicchia attended the public schools and was graduated from the American International College in 1906 and from New York University School of Law in 1908. He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice in Newark. He also served as director and counsel for several building and loan associations and was appointed supervisor of inheritance tax of Essex County in 1917. He was member of the Newark Board of Education 1917-1931, serving as its president from 1924-1926. He was professor of law and trustee of Mercer Beasley School of Law (now part of Rutgers University), Newark, 1925-1931. Cavicchia was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1937); He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress and thus resumed the practice of law and again served as supervisor of inheritance tax for Essex County, 1937-1956. He died in Belleville, New Jersey, September 11, 1967.

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