Bernard F. Grabowski

Bernard Francis Grabowski (June 11, 1923 – August 30, 2019) was an American politician who served as a two-term U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

Bernard Grabowski
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 6th district
In office
January 3, 1965  January 3, 1967
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byThomas Meskill
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's At-large district
In office
January 3, 1963  January 3, 1965
Preceded byFrank Kowalski
Succeeded byDistrict eliminated
Personal details
Born
Bernard Francis Grabowski

(1923-06-11)June 11, 1923
New Haven, Connecticut
DiedAugust 30, 2019(2019-08-30) (aged 96)
Bristol, Connecticut
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Anne Gorski
Alma materUniversity of Connecticut
University of Connecticut School of Law

Biography

Grabowski was born in New Haven, Connecticut, attended St. Stanislaus Parochial School, and graduated from Bristol High School in Bristol, Connecticut in 1941. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945. He received a B.S.. degree from the University of Connecticut in 1949 and a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1952, and was admitted to the bar in 1953.

He served as a member of the Bristol Town Committee for eight years. He also served as councilman 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 Chief Prosecutor of the Bristol circuit court from 1960 to 1962.

In 1962, Grabowski was elected U.S. Representative from Connecticut's at-large seat as a Democrat. The at-large seat was abolished in 1964, and he was re-elected from the new Connecticut 6th District. He served in the Eighty-eighth and Eighty-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Ninetieth 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]

References

  • United States Congress. "Bernard F. Grabowski (id: G000348)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-03-04

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Frank Kowalski
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's at-large congressional district

1963-1965
Succeeded by
District abolished
Preceded by
District created
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 6th congressional district

1965-1967
Succeeded by
Thomas Meskill
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