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Charles Joseph Prestia (September 3, 1909 – January 3, 1953) was an American politician and businessman who served one term as
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from 1945 to 1947. A
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, he served as a New Britain city councilor and alderman from 1935 to 1946 and as a
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in 1935. Prestia also served on the Democratic state central committee and New Britain's Democratic town committee for "a number of years." Born in New Britain to Italian-American parents Joseph and Lucia Prestia, Prestia graduated from
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and became vice president of sales at Spring Beverage Works, a local soft drinks company owned by his father. He died after a long illness at New Britain General Hospital at the age of 43. He had chaired the state police board from 1950 until his death.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Prestia, Charles J. 1909 births 1953 deaths People from New Britain, Connecticut Secretaries of the State of Connecticut Connecticut Democrats 20th-century American politicians American people of Italian descent