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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisThomas Sylvy GORDON
(1893-1959)
GORDON, Thomas Sylvy, a
Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., December 17,
1893; attended the parochial schools and was graduated from St.
Stanislaus College, Chicago, Ill., in 1912; engaged in the banking
business 1916-1920; associated with a Polish-language daily
newspaper 1921-1942, starting as a clerk and advancing to head
cashier and office manager; commissioner of Chicago West Parks
1933-1936 and of public vehicle licenses 1936-1939; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1936; city treasurer of Chicago,
Ill., 1939-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to
the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1959);
chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Eighty-fifth Congress); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1958; died in Chicago, Ill.,
January 22, 1959; interment in St. Adalbert Cemetery (Niles),
Chicago, Ill.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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