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Joseph E. Marine (December 19, 1905 – January 25, 1998) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was born on December 19, 1905, in Manhattan, New York City. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School, the College of the City of New York, New York University School of Public Administration and the Pace Institute of Accounting. Then he became a claims adjuster in the office of the New York City Comptroller. In 1932, he married Josephine Del Genio (died 1997), and they had one son. He was Ticket Manager of the New York Yankees from 1946 to 1951. He was Executive Assistant to Lt. Gov. George B. DeLuca from 1955 to 1958.

Marine was a member of the New York State Senate (29th D.) from 1961 to 1965, sitting in the 173rd, 174th and 175th New York State Legislatures. In September 1965, after re-apportionment, he ran in the 34th District for re-nomination, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Harrison J. Goldin. Afterwards he moved to Oceanside, New York, and became a business executive.

He died on January 25, 1998, in Oakwood Health Facility in Amherst, Erie County, New York.

References

1. New York Red Book (1965–1966; pg. 83)
2. G.O.P. Discounts Sales Tax as Issue in the New York Times on September 16, 1965 (subscription required)
3. Joseph Marine, 92, State Senator From North Bronx in the 1960s in the New York Times on February 2, 1998

• 1905 births
• 1998 deaths
• Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
• Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service alumni
• Pace University alumni
• DeWitt Clinton High School alumni
• Politicians from the Bronx
• 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature