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- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia abstract "Fiorello Henry La Guardia (/fiəˈrɛloʊ ləˈɡwɑrdiə/; born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia, Italian pronunciation: [fjoˌrɛllo enˌriːko la ˈɡwardja]) (December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American politician. He is best known for being the 99th Mayor of New York City for three terms from 1934 to 1945 as a Republican. Previously he had been elected to Congress in 1916 and 1918, and again from 1922 through 1930. Irascible, energetic, and charismatic, he craved publicity and is acclaimed as one of the three or four greatest mayors in American history. Only five feet, two inches (1.57 m) tall, he was called "the Little Flower" (Fiorello is Italian for "little flower").La Guardia, a Republican who appealed across party lines, was very popular in New York during the 1930s. As a New Dealer, he supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, and in turn Roosevelt heavily funded the city and cut off patronage for La Guardia's enemies. La Guardia revitalized New York City and restored public faith in City Hall. He unified the transit system, directed the building of low-cost public housing, public playgrounds, and parks, constructed airports, reorganized the police force, defeated the powerful Tammany Hall political machine, and reestablished employment on merit in place of patronage jobs.La Guardia was a domineering leader who verged on authoritarianism but whose reform politics were carefully tailored to address the sentiments of his diverse constituency. He defeated a corrupt Democratic machine, presided during a depression and a world war, made the city the model for New Deal welfare and public works programs, and championed immigrants and ethnic minorities. He succeeded with the support of a sympathetic president. He secured his place in history as a tough-minded reform mayor who helped clean out corruption, bring in gifted experts, and fix upon the city a broad sense of responsibility for its own citizens. His administration engaged new groups that had been kept out of the political system, gave New York its modern infrastructure, and raised expectations of new levels of urban possibility.".
- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia birthDate "1882-12-11".
- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia birthName "Fiorello Enrico La Guardia".
- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia birthPlace Greenwich_Village.
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- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia birthYear "1882".
- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia deathDate "1947-09-20".
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- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia deathYear "1947".
- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia office "10th President of theNew York City Board of Aldermen".
- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia orderInOffice "99thMayor of New York City".
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- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia predecessor John_P._OBrien.
- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia predecessor Robert_L._Moran.
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- Fiorello_H._La_Guardia successor George_Murray_Hulbert.
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