Mario Matthew Cuomo Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Mario Matthew Cuomo (/?kwo?mo?/; born June 15, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 52nd Governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994; Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979 to 1982; and Secretary of State of New York from 1975 to 1978.Cuomo was known for his liberal views and public speeches, particularly his keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California, where he attacked President Reagan's record. The speech brought him to national attention, and he was widely considered a front-runner for the Democratic nomination for President in both 1988 and 1992, but he declined to seek the nomination in both instances. His legacy as a reluctant standard-bearer for the Democrats in presidential elections led to him being dubbed "Hamlet on the Hudson".Cuomo was defeated for a fourth term as Governor by George Pataki in the Republican Revolution of 1994, and he subsequently retired from politics. He is the father of five, including Andrew Cuomo, the current Governor of New York and journalist Chris Cuomo, currently at CNN.
[from his speech nominating Bill Clinton for the Presidency, New York City, July 15, 1992] I want to clap my hands and throw my fists in the air, cheering neighborhoods where children can be children, where they can grow up and get a chance to go to college and one day own their own home. I want to sing proud songs, happy songs, arm in arm with workers who have a real stake in their company's success - who once again have the assurance that a lifetime of hard work will make life better for their children than it had been for them.
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You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.
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Was signed to the Major League Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates in 1952, using his signing bonus to pay for his wife Matilda's diamond engagement ring. He never actually made it to the "big leagues," having been injured (stuck by a pitch in the back of his head) while in the Pirate's minor league system.
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Died on the same day that he had been inaugurated (three times) as Governor of New York, January 1 (of 1983, 1987, and 1991), which was also the same exact day that his eldest son, and successor as Governor, Andrew Cuomo, was inaugurated as Governor of New York for Andrew's second term, on January 1, 2015.
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Served as the elected 58th Secretary of State of New York (January 1, 1975 - December 31, 1978).
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Served as the elected 69th Lieutenant Governor of New York (January 1, 1979 - December 31, 1982) during the second term of former Governor of New York Hugh Carey.
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Father of former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1997-2001) Andrew Cuomo, Margaret Cuomo, Maria Cuomo Cole, Madeline Cuomo and former ABC News reporter/anchor Chris Cuomo.
$12 Million
