Sosnowski, John Bartholomew (1883 - 1968)Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Mich., December 8, 1883; attended the parochial and Army schools; during the Spanish-American War enlisted as a private in the Seventh Regiment, United States Cavalry, and served in Cuba and the Philippine Islands; after the close of the war continued in the service and was on detached duty at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.; was honorably discharged on December 26, 1906; returned to Detroit, Mich., and engaged in the real estate and brokerage business; captain and adjutant in the Thirty-first Regiment, Infantry, National Guard of Michigan, from 1909 to 1916, with service on the Mexican border in 1916; member and chairman of the board of water commissioners of the city of Detroit 1918-1924; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926; resumed the real estate and brokerage business in Detroit, Mich.; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress, in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress, and in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; hearing examiner, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1947-1951; died in Detroit, Mich., July 16, 1968; interment in Sweetest Heart of Mary Cemetery.
Source: Congressional Data Base (2008)
Sosnowski, John BartholomewU. S. Army captain. Born in Detroit, Mich., Dec. 8, 1883. Attended the parochial and Army schools. During the Spanish-American war enlisted as a private in the Seventh U.S. Cavalry, and served in Cuba and the Philippine islands, and after the close of the war continued in the service, on detached duty at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Honorably discharged Dec. 26, 1906. Returned to Detroit, and engaged in the real estate and brokerage business. Captain and adjutant in the 31st Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Mich., from 1909 to 1916 with service on the Mexican border in 1916. Member and chairman of the board of water commissioners of the city of Detroit, from 1917 to 1923. Federal appeal agent at Detroit of the U.S. Selective Service during the first World War. Elected as Republican to 69th Congress in 1924, and unsuccessful candidate for renomination in the Republican primary election in 1926.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943