Anthony J. Travia
Anthony John Travia (February 26, 1911 – December 7, 1993) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician and federal judge from New York.
Life
He was born on February 26, 1911, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated LL.B. from St. John's University School of Law in 1932. In 1935, he married Rita A. Sorrentino, and they had two sons: Anthony John Travia Jr and Robert F. Travia.[1]
On November 2, 1943, he was elected to the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 22nd D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James A. Corcoran. He was re-elected in 1944, and remained in the Assembly until 1946, sitting in the 164th and 165th New York State Legislatures.
He was again a member of the State Assembly from 1949 to 1968, sitting in the 167th, 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th and 177th New York State Legislatures; and was Minority Leader from 1959 to 1964, and Speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1968. He was President of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1967.
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Travia to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on April 25, 1968, to a seat vacated by Matthew T. Abruzzo. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 24, 1968, and received his commission on July 17, 1968. His service terminated on November 30, 1974, when he resigned saying he wanted to spend more time with his family.
He is the author of Travia Leave, Law 3107 of the NYS Education Law, which specifies that public employees who are members of a retirement system “…shall upon application be granted a retirement leave with full pay consisting of one half of their accumulated unused sick leave up to a maximum of one semester.”
He died on December 7, 1993 at the Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, New York.[1]
References
Further reading
- Profile at the Federal Judicial Center
- Explanation of Travia Leave from CUNY Professional Staff Congress
| New York Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | New York State Assembly Kings County, 22nd District 1944–1946 |
Succeeded by Joseph M. Soviero |
| Preceded by | New York State Assembly Kings County, 22nd District 1949–1965 |
Succeeded by district abolished |
| Preceded by
new district
|
New York State Assembly 38th District 1966–1968 |
Succeeded by Vito P. Battista |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Minority Leader in the New York State Assembly 1959–1964 |
Succeeded by George L. Ingalls |
| Preceded by | Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1965–1968 |
Succeeded by Moses M. Weinstein Acting |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by | Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern D. of NY 1968–1974 |
Succeeded by George Cheney Pratt |
- 1911 births
- 1993 deaths
- American people of Italian descent
- Speakers of the New York State Assembly
- New York Democrats
- People from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- St. John's University School of Law alumni
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States district court judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson
- Brooklyn politicians
- 20th-century lawyers
