- Edmund V. Bobrowicz
Edmund V. Bobrowicz (
May 1 ,1919 -March 16 ,2003 ) was an Americanpolitician from the state ofWisconsin .Bobrowicz was born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin , the son of Polish immigrants. He served in the Army during theSecond World War , in the South Pacific. In 1946, Bobrowicz ran successfully for the Democratic nomination forWisconsin's 4th congressional district , ousting incumbent RepresentativeThaddeus Wasielewski . Before the election, however, Bobrowicz was accused of secretly being aCommunist and was subsequently expelled from the Democratic Party. [ [http://205.188.238.109/time/magazine/article/0,9171,934025,00.html Time Magazine article on Bobrowicz's expulsion] ] Wasielewski, hoping to prevent a Communist from taking his seat, re-entered the race as an Independent, but the two politicians split the Democratic vote and allowed RepublicanJohn C. Brophy to win.Bobrowicz subsequently left politics and became a union official. He later moved to Green Bay, where he died in 2003.References
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[http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887153,00.html An article on Bobrowicz]
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