Thomas S. Gordon

Thomas S. Gordon

Thomas Sylvy Gordon (born December 17, 1893 in Chicago , Illinois , †  January 22, 1959 ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1959 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Gordon attended public schools in his home country and then, until 1912, St. Stanislaus College , also in Chicago. Between 1916 and 1920 he worked in the banking industry. From 1921 to 1942 he worked in various functions for a Polish-language newspaper. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1933 and 1936 he was a commissioner for the Chicago West Parks . He then worked from 1936 to 1939 at the vehicle registration office. In June 1936 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , on which President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for re-election. Between 1939 and 1942 he was City Treasurer of Chicago.

In the 1942 congressional election , Gordon was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Leo Kocialkowski on January 3, 1943 . After seven re-elections, he was able to complete eight legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1959 . His time in Congress saw the end of World War II , the beginning of the Cold War , the Korean War and, domestically, the beginning of the civil rights movement . From 1957 Gordon headed the Foreign Affairs Committee .

In 1958 he renounced another candidacy. He died on January 22, 1959, three weeks after the end of his last legislative term, in Chicago, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Thomas S. Gordon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Thomas S. Gordon in the database of Find a Grave (English)