Alfred Dennis Sieminski
Alfred Dennis Sieminski | |
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![]() From 1957's Pocket Congressional Directory of the Eighty-Fifth Congress | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 13th district | |
In office January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959 | |
Preceded by | Mary Teresa Norton |
Succeeded by | Cornelius Gallagher |
Personal details | |
Born | Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. | August 23, 1911
Died | December 13, 1990 Vienna, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 79)
Political party | Democratic |
Alfred Dennis Sieminski (August 23, 1911 – December 13, 1990) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for four terms from 1951-1959.
Early life and career[]
Sieminski was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on August 23, 1911. He attended public schools, New York Military Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York and the Hun School of Princeton, in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton University in 1934 and was a student at Harvard Law School in 1935 and 1936. He was of Polish origin and spoke his ancestor's language.[1]
He worked as comptroller and vice president of Brunswick Laundry in Jersey City starting in 1937. He entered the United States Army as a private in 1942, served in the Italian Campaign with the 92nd Infantry Division in 1944 and 1945, was a captain, Military Government Division in Austria, in 1945 and 1946, served with Tenth Corps in Korea in 1950, was discharged to the Infantry Reserve as a major in 1950 and promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1956.
Congress[]
Sieminski was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving in office from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1959, and was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1958. To date, he is the last incumbent New Jersey congressman to lose in a non-redistricting primary election.
After Congress[]
He was administrative vice president of the Hun School, engaged in administrative education and project development, and worked at the Medical and General Reference Library of the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. from 1962-1973.
Sieminski was a resident of Vienna, Virginia, until his death on December 13, 1990, at the age of 79 due to a heart attack.[2]
References[]
- ^ Hondon B. Hargrove (22 September 2003). Buffalo Soldiers in Italy: Black Americans in World War II. ISBN 9780786417087.
- ^ "Alfred Sieminski, 79, 4-Term Representative". The New York Times. December 16, 1990. Retrieved 2010-03-29.
Alfred Dennis Sieminski, a former Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Hudson County, N.J., collapsed and died, apparently of a heart attack, while attending a Christmas party in McLean, Va., on Thursday, a family spokesman said. He was 79 years old and lived in Vienna, Va.
External links[]
- United States Congress. "Alfred Dennis Sieminski (id: S000405)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1911 births
- 1990 deaths
- 20th-century American politicians
- United States Army personnel of the Korean War
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- American politicians of Polish descent
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- Harvard Law School alumni
- Hun School of Princeton alumni
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- New York Military Academy alumni
- Military personnel from New Jersey
- Politicians from Jersey City, New Jersey
- People from Vienna, Virginia
- Princeton University alumni
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