Anthony Cafiero


Anthony James Cafiero was a member of the New Jersey Senate from 1949 to 1953.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of a local barber. Cafiero moved to North [Wildwood, New Jersey], in 1921. He was the Cape May County prosecutor from 1944 to 1946, and was a county judge in Cape May County from 1946 to 1948. He was a member of the New Jersey Senate, representing Cape May County as a Republican, from 1948 to 1954. He served in the New Jersey Superior Court from 1954 until retiring in 1970. A resident of Middle [Township, New Jersey], he died on September 28, 1982, at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital.

Family

He married Hazel Koenig in 1926. Their son, James Cafiero, served in the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly.