Peter H. Ruvolo

Peter H. Ruvolo (August 31, 1895 – January 27, 1943) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life He was born on August 31, 1895, in Alcamo, Sicily, Italy. In 1906, when he was only eleven years old, his family moved to Brooklyn on the ship Sicllian Prince. In 1909 he won a scholarship to Brooklyn Prep and, some years later, he got a scholarship for a full course at St. St. Francis Xavier College, where he graduated magna cum laude. besides he won a scholarship for post-graduate studies at the Catholic University in Washington, D. C.

After the outbreak of World War I he served in the U.S. Army, as a major in the infantry. In 1921 he graduated from Fordham Law School, in 1922 was admitted to the bar, as a lawyer, and practiced in Brooklyn. He married Catherine Foran, and they had four children.

After the abolition of the Board of Aldermen, where he was a member for more than two terms, Peter H. Ruvolo, ran for the Assembly in the 22nd District in 1938 and was elected.

He was an active member, for more than 10 years, of the Democratic club in that district, and its vice-president, Ruvolo first entered public office when in 1934 he was named in substitution of the Alderman James J. Morris. Re-elected in 1935, and remained on the Board of Aldermen until 1937. Municipal judge in New York City Municipal Court (7th D.), from 1940 until 1943