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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MichiganJohn LESINSKI, Jr.
(1914-2005)
LESINSKI, John, Jr., (son
of John Lesinski), a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit,
Wayne County, Mich., December 28, 1914; at the age of eleven years
moved with his parents to Dearborn, Mich.; attended the parochial
schools, St. Cyril and Methodeusz Seminary, Orchard Lake, Mich.,
and graduated from Fordson High School, Dearborn, Mich.; at the age
of eighteen years enlisted in the United States Navy as an
apprentice seaman and served, 1933-1937; was called to active duty
again in February 1941 and served until October 1945; awarded the
Purple Heart Medal and Navy and Marine Corps Medals; vice
president, Hamtramck Lumber Co., 1939-1943 and 1951-1954;
president, Dearborn Properties; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1951-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to
the Eighty-ninth Congress in 1964; member, board of commissioners,
Wayne County, Mich., 1968-1973; died on October 21, 2005, in
Dearborn, Mich.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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