John Lesinski, Sr.

John Lesinski, Sr. ( born January 3, 1885 in Erie, Pennsylvania, † May 27, 1950 in Dearborn, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1933 and 1950 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Just three months after his birth, John Lesinski moved with his parents to Detroit in Michigan. He attended the public schools of his new home and the Detroit Business Academy. After leaving school, Lesinski was employed in construction and the real estate market. In addition, in Hamtramck and Dearborn, he founded some building supplies companies. Between 1919 and 1932, Lesinski President of the Association of Polish immigrants in Detroit was (Polish Citizens ' Committee). In 1920 he was commissioner for the sale of Polish government bonds in Michigan. For this he received an award from the Polish government.

Politically, Lesinski member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1936, 1940 and 1944 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, to which President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for re-election each. At the same time he was also a delegate to the party days at the state level. In the congressional elections of 1932 he was in the then newly created 16th electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1933. After eight elections he could remain until his death on 27 May 1950 Congress. From 1935 to 1947 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with Invalidätsrenten. Between 1945 and 1947 he also directed the Immigration and Naturalization Committee. Since 1949, John Lesinski was chairman of the education and labor committee.

At the beginning of his time in Congress, the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted there until 1941. Since 1941 the work of the House of Representatives has been shaped by the events of the Second World War and its consequences. In 1933, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution in Congress was passed by the 18th Amendment was repealed in 1919 again. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages.

John Lesinski died on 27 May 1950 in Dearborn and was buried in Detroit. His son John was elected as his successor in Congress.

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