Albert Paul MORANO, Congress, CT (1908-1987)

MORANO, Albert Paul, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 18, 1908, moved to Greenwich, Conn., in 1912; attended the public schools of Greenwich Conn.; member of Greenwich Board of Tax Review 1933-1935; chairman of Chickahominy Town Meeting District 1935-1937; secretary to Representative Albert E. Austin in 1939 and 1940; engaged in the real estate and insurance business in Greenwich, Conn. in 1942; secretary to Representative Clare Booth Luce 1943-1947; State unemployment compensation commissioner 1947-1950, serving as chairman of the commission in 1949 and 1950; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1959); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958; special assistant to United States Senator Thomas Dodd, 1963-1969; was a resident of Greenwich, Conn., until his death there on December 16, 1987; interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present