Leo Kocialkowski

Leo Paul Kocialkowski (born August 16, 1882 in Chicago , Illinois , †  September 27, 1958 there ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1943 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Leo Kocialkowski was orphaned in his youth. He attended private schools and completed a course in economics. He then worked in various positions at several stores in Chicago. Between 1916 and 1932 he was employed by the Cook County Administration in the Tax Department. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In June 1928 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Houston .

In the 1932 congressional election , Kocialkowski was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Stanley H. Kunz on March 4, 1933 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1943 . From 1935 he was chairman of the Committee on Island Affairs. During his time in Congress, the New Deal laws of the federal government were passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

In 1942, Kocialkowski was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. Between 1945 and 1949 he was a member of the Cook County's Civil Service Commission . He died on September 27, 1958 in Chicago, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Leo Kocialkowski in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Leo Kocialkowski in the database of Find a Grave (English)