Thaddeus M. Machrowicz

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Thaddeus M. Machrowicz
From 1955's Pocket Congressional Directory of the Eighty-Fourth Congress
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
In office
September 7, 1961 – February 17, 1970
Appointed byJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded byFrank Albert Picard
Succeeded byCornelia Groefsema Kennedy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1951 – September 18, 1961
Preceded byGeorge G. Sadowski
Succeeded byLucien Nedzi
Personal details
Born
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz

(1899-08-21)August 21, 1899
Detroit College of Law (LL.B.
)

Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz (August 21, 1899 – February 17, 1970) was a

.

Education and career

Born in

Detroit, Michigan, from 1924 to 1934. He was city attorney of Hamtramck, Michigan, from 1934 to 1936. He was legal director of the Michigan Public Utilities Commission from 1938 to 1939. He returned to private practice in Hamtramck from 1939 to 1942. He was a municipal judge for Hamtramck from 1942 to 1950. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Michigan in 1952 and 1956.[1][2][3]

Congressional service

Machrowicz was elected as a Democrat to the 82nd Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1951, to September 18, 1961, when he resigned to accept appointment to the federal bench.[2]

Federal judicial service

Judicial portrait of Machrowicz, c. 1970.

Machrowicz was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on August 25, 1961, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by Judge Frank Albert Picard. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 1, 1961, and received his commission on September 7, 1961.[3] His service was terminated on February 17, 1970, due to his death in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan. He was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Detroit.[2]

References

  1. ^ Thaddeus M. Machrowicz at Find a Grave
  2. ^ a b c United States Congress. "Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (id: M000014)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  3. ^ a b "Machrowicz, Thaddeus M. - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.

Sources

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Michigan

1951–1961
Succeeded by
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
1961–1970
Succeeded by