Alfred D. Sieminski

Alfred D. Sieminski

Alfred Dennis Sieminski (born August 23, 1911 in Jersey City , New Jersey , †  December 13, 1990 in Vienna , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1959 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alfred Sieminski attended the public schools in his home country and then graduated from the New York Military Academy and the Hun School in Princeton . Until 1934 he studied at Princeton University . This was followed by a law degree at Harvard University until 1936 . From 1937 he was Vice President of Brunswick Laundry . Between 1942 and 1950, also during the Second World War , Sieminski served in the US Army . He was used in Italy , among other places . After that he was a captain in the troops stationed in Austria until 1946 . He was then sent to Korea . In 1950 he retired as a major from active military service. He was then a member of the Army Reserve, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1956.

Politically, Sieminski joined the Democratic Party . In the 1950 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 13th  constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Mary Teresa Norton on January 3, 1951 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four terms in Congress by January 3, 1959 . During this time the Cold War began , the Korean War and, domestically, the civil rights movement .

In 1958, Alfred Sieminski was not re-elected. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he was Vice President of the Hun School ; he also dealt with projects to improve the education system. Between 1962 and 1973 he worked for the Medical and General Reference Library of the Veterans Administration in Washington. Alfred Sieminski died on December 13, 1990.

Web links

• Alfred D. Sieminski in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)