Martin Gorski
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Martin Gorski | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 5th district | |
In office January 3, 1949 – December 4, 1949 | |
Preceded by | Adolph J. Sabath |
Succeeded by | John C. Kluczynski |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 4th district | |
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949 | |
Preceded by | Harry P. Beam |
Succeeded by | James V. Buckley |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicago, Illinois | October 30, 1886
Political party | Democratic |
Martin Gorski (October 30, 1886 – December 4, 1949) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1949, representing Illinois.
Early life and career
Born in Poland, Gorski immigrated in 1889 to the United States with his parents, who settled in
Chicago, Illinois. Gorski served as assistant State's attorney 1918-1920 and then he served as master in chancery of the Superior Court of Cook County
from 1929 to 1942.
Tenure in Congress
Gorski was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eightieth and Eighty-first Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death on December 4, 1949. He was interred in Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois.
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
References
- United States Congress. "Martin Gorski (id: G000332)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Martin Gorski at The Political Graveyard
- United States Congress (1950). Martin Gorski, Late a Representative. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress