Martin Gorski

Martin Gorski
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 5th district
In office
January 3, 1949  December 4, 1949
Preceded by Adolph J. Sabath
Succeeded by John C. Kluczynski
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1943  January 3, 1949
Preceded by Harry P. Beam
Succeeded by James V. Buckley
Personal details
Born (1886-10-30)October 30, 1886
Poland
Died December 4, 1949(1949-12-04) (aged 63)
Chicago, Illinois
Political party Democratic
Religion Roman Catholic

Martin Gorski (October 30, 1886 December 4, 1949) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Poland, Gorski immigrated in 1889 to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chicago, Illinois. Gorski graduated from business college and from Chicago (Illinois) Law School in 1917. He was admitted to the bar in 1917 and set up a practice in Chicago, Illinois. Gorski served as assistant State's attorney 1918-1920 and then he served as master in chancery of the superior court of Cook County, Illinois from 1929 to 1942.

Gorski was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death on December 4, 1949. He was interred in Resurrection Cemetery in Justice, Illinois.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Harry P. Beam
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 4th congressional district

January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1949
Succeeded by
James V. Buckley
Preceded by
Adolph J. Sabath
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 5th congressional district

January 3, 1949 - December 4, 1949
Succeeded by
John C. Kluczynski

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