He graduated from Fordham University School of Law , and was admitted to the bar in 1939 . He was a judge of the Monroe County Court when he was the Republican candidate for New York State Comptroller in 1962 . He was defeated by the incumbent Democrat Arthur Levitt , Sr. , but was appointed Secretary of State of New York by Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller on August 22 , 1963 , and stayed in office until he resigned in December 1973 and was replaced by Governor Malcolm Wilson after Rockefeller 's resignation . In 1970-71 , he was the President of the National Association of Secretaries of State . He was an alternate delegate to the 1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
John P. Lomenzo