Chester C. Gorski

Chester Charles Gorski (June 22, 1906–1975)^[1] was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York, USA on to a Polish immigrant family. He was a member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors from 1941 to 1945 and of the Buffalo Common Council from 1946 to 1948. He served in the House as a Democrat from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1951 but failed to be reelected in 1950. After this he worked for the Department of Commerce from 1951 to 1952, served on the Buffalo Common Council again from 1954 to 1956, on the New York State Building Code Commission from 1956 to 1959, and on the Buffalo Common Council for a third time from 1960 to 1974, when he resigned. He died in Buffalo on April 25, 1975.

He is the father of former Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski and New York State Supreme Court Justice Jerome Gorski.

Notes

1. ^ "Helen T. Gorski , 93, wife, mother of public servants - Aug. 10, 1914 -- March 19, 2008". Buffalo News. 2008-03-30. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:BNWB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11FC6152E440EA10&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420. Retrieved 2009-09-09. 

References

• Chester C. Gorski at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John Cornelius Butler	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 44th congressional district 1949–1951	Succeeded by John Cornelius Butler

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Name	Gorski, Chester
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	June 22, 1906
Place of birth
Date of death	1975
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