Thaddeus Wasielewski

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Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw Wasielewski (born December 2, 1904 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , †  April 25, 1976 there ) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1947 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thaddeus Wasielewski attended his homeland public schools including South Division High School in Milwaukee. He then studied to 1927 at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . After a subsequent law degree at Marquette University in Milwaukee and his admission as a lawyer in 1931, he began to work in Milwaukee in his new profession. In 1940 he headed the relevant authority in his hometown for the census at that time .

Wasielewski was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1940 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded John C. Schafer on January 3, 1941 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1947 . These were shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences.

In 1946 Wasielewski was no longer nominated by his party for another term. He then tried unsuccessfully to defend his seat in Congress as an independent candidate. In 1948 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , on which US President Harry S. Truman was nominated for re-election. Between 1942 and 1948 Wasielewski was a board member of his party in Wisconsin. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to work as a lawyer. Thaddeus Wasielewski died on April 25, 1976 in his native Milwaukee.

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SURNAME Wasielewski, Thaddeus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wasielewski, Thaddeus Francis Boleslaw (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1976
Place of death Milwaukee , Wisconsin