Joseph J. Maraziti

Joseph James Maraziti (June 15, 1912 – May 20, 1991) was a one-term U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1973 to 1975.

Joseph J. Maraziti
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 13th district
In office
January 3, 1973  January 3, 1975
Preceded byNew Constituency (Redistricting)
Succeeded byHelen Stevenson Meyner
Member of the
New Jersey Senate
from the 10th district (at-large)
In office
January 9, 1968  January 3, 1973
Preceded byThomas J. Hillery
Milton Woolfenden, Jr.
Succeeded byStephen B. Wiley
Member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
from Morris County
In office
1958  January 9, 1968
Preceded byElden Mills
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born(1912-06-15)June 15, 1912
Boonton, New Jersey
DiedMay 20, 1991(1991-05-20) (aged 78)
Boonton, New Jersey
Political partyRepublican

Early life and career

Maraziti was born in Boonton, New Jersey and attended the public schools. He attended Fordham University School of Law and received his law degree from the New Jersey Law School in 1937.

He served in the Citizens Military Training Corps and as an Infantry and Judge Advocate, beginning in 1931.

He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1938 and commenced a legal practice in Boonton.

Political career

He served as a legislative secretary for the New Jersey Senate from 1931 to 1934, and again from 1938 to 1940. He was legislative secretary to New Jersey assembly from 1936 to 1937. Boonton Municipal Court Judge from 1940 to 1947. He was an assistant prosecutor, Morris County from 1950 to 1953. He served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1958 to 1967, and in the New Jersey Senate from 1968 to 1972. Majority whip, 1972. He served as a delegate to New Jersey State Republican convention, 1966. He was an alternate delegate to Republican National Convention, 1968.

Congress

Maraziti was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress (January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975). In 1974, Maraziti was one of the 38 House Judiciary Committee members who considered articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, consistently voting with the one-third Republican bloc against impeachment. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He was a resident of Boonton, New Jersey, until his death there on May 20, 1991.

References

  • United States Congress. "Joseph J. Maraziti (id: M000121)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Cornelius E. Gallagher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Jersey's 13th congressional district

1973–1975
Succeeded by
Helen S. Meyner
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