Anthony J. Travia
Anthony John Travia was a United States district judge of the United States [District Court for the Eastern District of New York].
Education and career
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Travia received a Bachelor of Laws from St. John's [University School of Law] in 1932. He was in private practice of law in New York from 1933 to 1968. He was a Member of the New York State Assembly from 1943 to 1946 and from 1948 to 1968.State assembly and other political service
On November 2, 1943, he was elected as a Democrat to the New York State Assembly, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James A. Corcoran. He was re-elected in 1944, and remained in the Assembly until 1946, sitting in the 164th [New York State Legislature|164th] and New York State Legislature">New York (state)">New York State Legislatures.Travia was again a member of the State Assembly from 1949 to 1968, sitting in the 167th, 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th and 177th New York State Legislatures; and was Minority Leader from 1959 to 1964, and Speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1968. He was President of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1967.