Anthony J. Travia

Anthony John Travia (February 26, 1911, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin - December 7, 1993, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician and federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Life

He graduated LL.B. from St. John's University School of Law in 1932.

In 1935, he married Rita A. Sorrentino. They had two sons, Anthony John Travia, Jr., and Robert F. Travia.

He was a Democratic member from Kings County of the New York State Assembly from 1944 to 1946 and from 1949 to 1968, was minority leader from 1959 to 1964, and was Speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1968.

In 1967, he was President of the New York State Constitutional Convention.

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him 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 died at the Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Sources

• Obit in NYT on December 9, 1993
• Political Graveyard
• Profile at the Federal Judicial Center