Martin Gorecki

Martin Gorecki (October 20, 1871 - ?) was a brewery worker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served one term as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Background

Gorecki was born in Bromberg (now Bydgoszcz) in the Polish Province of Posen of the German Empire, on October 20, 1871. He attended public schools and immigrated to the United States at the age of eighteen. In 1902 he settled in Milwaukee, worked in the Schlitz brewery, joined the Beer Bottlers' Union and was later transferred to Brewers' Union Local 9. He served as a delegate to the Federated Trades Council from both unions. He was active In organizing the five ethnic Polish Milwaukee branches of the Social Democratic party (as it was known in Wisconsin), and in establishing the Naprzod, a weekly Socialist Polish language newspaper.

Public office

In 1904, Gorecki ran for the Assembly in the Fourteenth Milwaukee County district (the 14thWard of the City of Milwaukee), coming in second, behind Democrat John Szymarek, with 1623 votes for Szymarek, 975 for Gorecki, and 855 for Republican John J. Derwort.^[1] In 1906, he tried again, losing to Democrat Joseph Domachowski by 1004 to 915, with the Republican a distant third at 460.^[2] In 1908, he challenged Domachowski again, losing with 2,001 for the now-incumbent Domachowski, 852 for Gorecki, and 736 for Republican Stanislaus Molszewki.^[3]

In 1910 he was elected a Milwaukee alderman-at-large for a two-year term. In 1912 he was elected to the Assembly from the Fourteenth district (which now added to the 14th Ward, the new 24th Ward), to succeed fellow Socialist Michael Katzban. Gorecki won with 1,519 votes to 1,094 for Democrat Jacob Posanski and 609 for Republican John Phillips. He was assigned to the standing committees on insurance and banking, and on public welfare.^[4]

He did not run for re-election in 1914, and was succeeded by fellow Socialist George L. Tews.

References

1. ^ Erickson, Halford, ed. The blue book of the state of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1905; pp. 488, 1110
2. ^ Beck, J. D., ed. The blue book of the state of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1907; pp. 596, 1164
3. ^ Beck, J. D., ed. The blue book of the state of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909; p. 531
4. ^ The Wisconsin blue book Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1913; pp. 281, 285, 471

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Name	Gorecki, Martin
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Date of birth	October 20, 1871
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