Please answer the following question: Facts: - residence: jersey city , new jersey - order: 35th - successor: thomas j. whelan - party: democratic - death date: 1 december 1976 - predecessor: charles s. witkowski - office: mayor of jersey city - spouse: carrie gangemi -lrb- romano -rrb- - term end: september 25 , 1963 -lrb- resigned -rrb- - children: thomas jr. , anthony , marie - birth date: 29 july 1903 - term start: july 1 , 1961 - name: thomas gangemi , sr. . - death place: jersey city , new jersey - religion: roman catholic - birth place: italy Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thomas gangemi .
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thomas gangemi , sr. -lrb- july 29 , 1903 -- december 1 , 1976 -rrb- was the 35th mayor of jersey city , new jersey .elected in 1961 , the italian-born gangemi was forced to resign from office less than two years later when it was discovered that he had never become a united states citizen .following his resignation , jersey city was without a mayor for 47 days while the city council failed to reach a consensus on a successor .gangemi became a naturalized citizen on september 2 , 1964 .he filed petitions to run for mayor again in 1965 , but was refused by the city clerk and new jersey superior court before being allowed on the ballot -lrb- see '' gangemi v. rosengard '' 207 a. 2d 665 -lrb- n.j. 1965 -rrb- -rrb- .