Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. (June 27, 1928 – March 4, 1993) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981.
Born in
Brooklyn, New York, he attended Brooklyn public elementary schools and graduated from
Grover Cleveland High School,
Queens, New York in 1946. Ambro earned a B.A. from
New York University in 1955.
He served in the
United States Army as a member of the Military Police from 1951-1953 where he attained the rank of sergeant. He served the town of
Huntington as a budget office and purchasing and personnel director from 1960–1967. Later, served on the
Suffolk County, New York Board of Supervisors from 1968–1969. From 1968-1974 he was served four terms as Supervisor for the town of Huntington. He was simultaneously chairman of Huntington's
Urban Renewal Agency, as well as president of Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Huntington.
In
1970, he challenged
Basil Paterson for the Democratic nomination for
Lieutenant Governor of New York, but was defeated in the
primary election.
He was elected as a
Democrat to the
94th,
95th and
96th United States Congresses, and served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1981. After leaving Congress, Ambro worked as a lobbyist.
Ambro led the Democratic Party to its first sweep of Huntington elections in 35 years. While Ambro was in office, the town of Huntington became the first municipality to ban the use of the pesticide
DDT.
During his first term in the House, Ambro was elected...
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