John Smolenski (politician)
John Smolenski (1891 – May 31, 1953) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
Life
[edit]He was born in 1891 in Poland. The family emigrated to the United States when John was still a small boy, and settled in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Later he opened a funeral home at 1044 Manhattan Avenue there.[1] He married Charlotte Garstkiewicz (1897–1961), and their only child was Irene (Smolenski) Imperatore.[2]
Smolenski was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 15th D.) in 1938,[3] 1939–40, 1941–42, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1951–52 and 1953.
He died on May 31, 1953;[4] and was buried at the First Calvary Cemetery in Queens.
Sources
[edit]- ^ New York Red Book (1952; pg. 243)
- ^ MRS. JOHN SMOLENSKI in the New York Times on September 17, 1961 (subscription required)
- ^ 13 New Faces From Long IslandWill Be Seen in 1938 Legislature in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on January 2, 1938 [with portrait]
- ^ JOHN SMOLENSKI, 62, ASSEMBLYMAN, DIES in the New York Times on June 1, 1953 (subscription required)