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| | LaGuardia, Fiorello Henry - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | LaGuardia, Fiorello Henry, 1882-1947, U.S. public official, congressman, and mayor of New York City (1934-45), b. |
 | | Returning to New York City, he studied law while working (1907-10) in the U.S. immigration service, and was admitted (1910) to the bar. |
 | | He commanded (1917) U.S. air forces on the Italian-Austrian front in World War I. LaGuardia was president (1920-21) of the New York City board of aldermen and returned (1923-33) to the House of Representatives, where he fought for numerous labor reforms and sponsored the Norris-LaGuardia Act, which prohibited injunctions in labor disputes. |
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