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LaGuardia was the city's first Italian-American mayor, but was not a typical Italian New Yorker.

He was a Republican Episcopalian who had grown up in Arizona, and had a Triestine Jewish mother and a Catholic-turned-atheist Italian father.

He reportedly spoke several languages, including Hebrew, Croatian, German, Italian, and Yiddish.

LaGuardia was also a very active Freemason.