Frank Annunzio

Frank Annunzio ( born January 12, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, † April 8, 2001 ) was an American politician. Between 1965 and 1993 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Frank Annunzio attended Crane Technical High School and DePaul University in his hometown of Chicago. Between 1936 and 1943 he worked as a high school teacher. In addition, he was active as a member of the United Steel Workers of America in the labor movement of the steel industry. From 1943 to 1945 Annunzio led the wartime rationing Commission in his home. From 1944 to 1949 he was a consultant for health and safety issues of national industrial Commission of Illinois. At the same time he was also a consultant to the unemployment insurance. From 1949 to 1952 he was Director of Labor Labor Minister of his home state.

In the congressional elections of 1964 Annunzio was a candidate of the Democratic Party in the seventh election district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Roland V. Libonati on January 3, 1965. After 13 re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1993 a total of 14 legislative periods. In this time were, among others, the Vietnam War, the final phase of the civil rights movement and in 1974, the Watergate affair. Since 1973 Annunzio took as the successor of Roman Pucinski the eleventh district of his state. During his long time in Congress he was Chairman of the Committee from time to time on House Administration, the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee on the Library. He was also a member of a subcommittee on consumer affairs. In this capacity, he advised in 1989 the Americans to burn their credit cards to counteract the private indebtedness. In 1992 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, Frank Annunzio retired from politics. Later, he was diagnosed with Parkinson 's disease. He died on 8 April 2001 in Chicago, where he was also buried.