Nicholas M. Pette
American politician
Nicholas M. Pette (November 29, 1891 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York – December 26, 1988 in Manhattan, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Michael Pette (died 1952). He attended schools in Jamaica, Queens and Strasbourg, France. He married Gertrude Lott (died 1943), and they had one daughter: Janet Lott (Pette) Kujan.
Pette was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co., 4th D.) in 1920 and 1921.
He was a U.S. Commissioner (i.e. a federal magistrate appointed by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to help with the enforcement of the Volstead Act) until 1931; and a judge of the Queens Municipal Court from 1932 to 1950.
He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (10th D.) from 1950 to 1961, and sat in the Appellate Division (2nd Dpt.) from 1959 until the end of 1961, when he reached the constitutional age limit. He was an Official Referee (i.e. a senior judge on an additional seat) of the Supreme Court from 1962 to 1966.
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