Blenski, Michael Francis
Municipal Judge of the city of Milwaukee, Wis.
Born at Boboda. Poland, Sept. 27, 1862. At the age of 18 emigrated to America and worked as a pattern maker with the E. P. Allis Company of Milwaukee. His first political appointment came in 1890, when he received a post as bookkeeper in the Mendota Hospital at Madison, Wis. In 1892 he was elected to the Wisconsin Legislature from the 14th district, but resigned one year later when President Cleveland appointed him executive secretary of the U.S. Weather Bureau in Washington, D. C. Attended George Washington University, College of Law as a night student. Graduated in 1899, and a year later returned to Milwaukee to practice law. Soon after he was elected justice of the peace in which capacity he served six years. In 1909 he was elected civil judge and re-elected each succeeding term until 1932. Member of the Wisconsin National Guard forty years and a World War veteran. Began his military career in 1895 when he enlisted in Company B Fourth Infantry of the Old Kosciuszko Guard. In 1911 he enlisted in Company K, Wisconsin National Guard. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1912 and in 1912 was made company commander with rank of captain. He served six months on the Mexican border in 1916, as captain of regimental supply company. In 1918 he was elected Grand Censor of the Polish National Alliance, serving as censor until 1924. Member of The Association of Poles in America, Polish National Alliance, Eagles, Elks, St. Stanislaus Society of St. Stanislaus Parish, the Milwaukee Society, and American Legion. Life-long member of St. Stanislaus Parish in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Died March 23, 1932.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943