Mario Biaggi

Mario Biaggi
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office January 3, 1969 – August 5, 1988
Preceded by	Paul A. Fino
Succeeded by	Eliot Engel
Constituency	24th district (1969–1973) 10th district (1973–1983) 19th district (1983–1988)
Personal details
Born	(1917-10-26)October 26, 1917 New York City, U.S.
Died	June 24, 2015(2015-06-24) (aged 97) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Other political affiliations	Conservative (1973)
Spouse	Marie Wassil ​ ​ (m. 1940; died 1997)​
Children	4
Relatives	Alessandra Biaggi (granddaughter)
Education	New York Law School (LLB)

Mario Biaggi (October 26, 1917 – June 24, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, and police officer. He served ten terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1969 to 1988.

Prior to his political career, Biaggi became one of the most decorated officers in NYPD history; he killed two criminals who attacked him and was injured 11 times as an officer. He then became an attorney at 49 years of age. First elected a U.S. Representative as a Democrat from the Bronx in 1968, Biaggi was subsequently re-elected nine times, seven times with more than 90% of the vote.

In 1987 and 1988, he was convicted in two trials of receipt of unlawful gratuities, and, facing the prospect of expulsion from the House, he resigned from Congress in 1988.^[1]