Thomas Stephen Gulotta was an American Republican politician from Nassau County, New York who was the county executive of Nassau from 1987 to 2001.
10 Facts About Thomas Gulotta
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Thomas Gulotta's father was a former Nassau County district attorney and former New York State Supreme Court judge.
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The younger Thomas Gulotta was raised on Long Island and attended Malverne High School, where he was student president.
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Thomas Gulotta graduated from Trinity College, and earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1969.
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Thomas Gulotta was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1977 to 1981, sitting in the 182nd, 183rd and 184th New York State Legislature.
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Thomas Gulotta represented a district that included his hometown of Merrick, New York until 1981 when he was selected to become the presiding supervisor of the town of Hempstead, succeeding Al D'Amato, who had been elected to the United States Senate.
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In January 1987, Thomas Gulotta was appointed county executive by the county's board of supervisors, and was elected to a full term in November 1987.
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Thomas Gulotta opted not to run for a fifth term in 2001, after having won 11 straight elections.
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Thomas Gulotta married Elizabeth Abbott Fryatt; they had two living children.
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Thomas Gulotta died on August 4,2019 at the age of 75.