Antanas Staugaitis

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Antanas Staugaitis (born February 8, 1876 in Tupikai near Žvirgždaičiai , Šakiai district ; † May 1954 in Marijampolė ) was a Lithuanian politician, mayor .

Life

His brother was Justina's Staugaitis .

Antanas studied at the Warsaw School of Crafts and became a seamstress . In his youth he was friends with Vincas Kudirka . He took part in the Lithuanian clubs like "Žiburys", "Žagrė", "Blaivybė", "Gabija". In 1917 he was a member of the Vilnius Conference , from 1920 to 1922 a member of Steigiamasis Seimas . He was a member of Lietuvos krikščionių Demokratieų partija . From 1923 to 1926 he was a member of the Second Seimas , from 1922 to 1931 and from 1941 to 1944 mayor of Marijampolė .

literature

  • Staugaitis Antanas, Trumpos Steigiamojo Seimo narių biografijos su atvaizdais, Klaipėda, 1924, p. 56.
  • Staugaitis Antanas, Lietuvių enciklopedija, Boston, 1963, t. 28, p. 474.
  • Tamošaitis M., Staugaitis Antanas, Lietuvos Steigiamojo Seimo (1920–1922 metų) narių biografinis žodynas, sud. A. Ragauskas, M. Tamošaitis, Vilnius, 2006, p. 354-355.
  • Tamošaitis M., Staugaitis Antanas, Lietuvos Respublikos Seimų I (1922–1923), II (1923–1926), III (1926–1927), IV (1936–1940) narių biografinis žodynas, sud. Aivas Ragauskas, Mindaugas Tamošaitis, Vilnius, 2007, p. 480.