Anthony Imperiale

Anthony Imperiale
Member of the New Jersey Senate
from the 30th district
In office
January 8, 1974 – January 10, 1978
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byFrank E. Rodgers
Member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
In office
January 11, 1972 – January 8, 1974
Serving with Frank Megaro
Preceded byRonald Owens
George C. Richardson
Succeeded byDistrict eliminated
ConstituencyDistrict 11-B
In office
January 8, 1980 – January 12, 1982
Serving with Michael F. Adubato
Preceded byJohn F. Cali
Succeeded byJohn V. Kelly
Buddy Fortunato
Constituency30th district
Personal details
Born(1931-04-10)April 10, 1931
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedDecember 27, 1999(1999-12-27) (aged 68)
Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyIndependent (1970–79)
Republican (after 1979)
Children7
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Marine Corps
Battles/warsKorean War

Anthony M. Imperiale Sr. (July 10, 1931 – December 27, 1999) was a member of the New Jersey Legislature from Newark, New Jersey.[1]

  1. ^ David M. Halbfinger (December 28, 1999). "Anthony Imperiale, 68, Dies; Polarizing Force in Newark". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-09-19. Anthony Imperiale, a race-baiting civic leader and politician from Newark who became a national symbol of the backlash against urban unrest by wielding a baseball bat to defend his white neighborhood during the 1967 riots, died Sunday at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston of complications related to kidney failure. He was 68. ...