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Bernard Grabowski | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromConnecticut | |
| In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Kowalski |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Meskill |
| Constituency | At-large (1963-1965) 6th district (1965-1967) |
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| Born | Bernard Francis Grabowski (1923-06-11)June 11, 1923 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | August 30, 2019(2019-08-30) (aged 96) Bristol, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Anne Gorski |
| Alma mater | University of Connecticut (BA,JD) |
Bernard Francis Grabowski (June 11, 1923 – August 30, 2019) was an American politician who served as a two-termU.S. Representative fromConnecticut.
Grabowski was born inNew Haven, Connecticut, attended St. Stanislaus Parochial School, and graduated from Bristol High School inBristol, Connecticut in 1941. He served in theUnited States Army from 1943 to 1945. He received aB.S. degree from theUniversity of Connecticut in 1949 and aJ.D. from theUniversity of Connecticut School of Law in 1952, and wasadmitted to the bar in 1953.
He served as a member of the Bristol Town Committee for eight years. He also served ascouncilman from 1953 to 1955, as judge of Bristol city court from 1955 to 1960, as city Coordinator of redevelopment from 1957 to 1959,and as ChiefProsecutor of the Bristol circuit court from 1960 to 1962.
In 1962, Grabowski was elected U.S. Representative fromConnecticut's at-large seat as aDemocrat. The at-large seat was abolished in 1964, and he was re-elected from the newConnecticut 6th District. He served in theEighty-eighth andEighty-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to theNinetieth Congress in 1966, and subsequently resumed the practice of law. He was a resident of Bristol. He died in August 2019 at the age of 96.[1][2]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromConnecticut's at-large congressional district 1963-1965 | Succeeded by District abolished |
| Preceded by District created | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromConnecticut's 6th congressional district 1965-1967 | Succeeded by |
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