George G. Sadowski

George G. Sadowski

George Gregory Sadowski (born March 12, 1903 in Detroit , Michigan , †  October 9, 1961 in Utica , Michigan) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1951 he twice represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Sadowski visited the Ferry School in Detroit and then high school in Foley ( Alabama ). He then graduated from Northeastern High School in Detroit in 1920 . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Detroit and his admission as a lawyer in 1926, he began to work in Detroit in his new profession. He also worked in the real estate and construction industries. Politically, Sadowski was a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the Michigan Senate in 1931 and 1932 . From 1930 to 1936 he was a board member of his party in his home state. He was also a delegate to all Democratic National Conventions between 1932 and 1948, on which Franklin D. Roosevelt and later Harry S. Truman were nominated as presidential candidates.

In the 1932 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Robert H. Clancy on March 4, 1933 . This election victory was in the federal trend of the time in favor of the Democratic Party. After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1939 . It was there that most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed. In 1933, with the passage of the 21st amendment to the Constitution, the 18th Amendment from 1919 was repealed. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages.

For the elections in 1938 Sadowski was not nominated again by his party. Four years later, in the 1942 elections , he managed to get back into Congress. There he replaced Rudolph G. Tenerowicz on January 3, 1943 . After three re-elections, he was able to represent his district in the US House of Representatives until January 3, 1951. Until 1945 the events of the Second World War also determined the work of Congress. Then the Cold War began . In the party primaries in 1950 Sadowski lost to Thaddeus M. Machrowicz . He missed the intended nomination for re-election.

After his final resignation from the House of Representatives, George Sadowski withdrew from politics. He subsequently ran two golf courses in Michigan and died on October 9, 1961 in Utica. He was then buried in Detroit.

Web links

• George G. Sadowski in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George G. Sadowski in the database of Find a Grave (English)