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Gordon, Thomas Sylvy (1893 - 1959)

Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., December 17, 1893; attended the parochial schools and was graduated from St. Stanislaus College, Chicago, Ill., in 1912; engaged in the banking business 1916-1920; associated with a Polish-language daily newspaper 1921-1942, starting as a clerk and advancing to head cashier and office manager; commissioner of Chicago West Parks 1933-1936 and of public vehicle licenses 1936-1939; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1936; city treasurer of Chicago, Ill., 1939-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1959); chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Eighty fifth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; died in Chicago, Ill., January 22, 1959; interment in St. Adalbert Cemetery (Niles), Chicago, Ill.

Source: Congressional Data Base (2008)

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Gordon, Thomas S.

Public official. Born Dec. 17, 1893, in Chicago, Ill.; son of Theodore and Stanislava (Stabrowska) Gordon. Education: St. Mary's of Angels, 1907; St. Stanislaus College, Chicago, 1912. Married Cecilia M. Balcer, June 12, 1916; children: Theophil, Thomas Jr.; Romona, Natalia. Member: Polish Alma Mater:
K. of C.; P.N.A. Former treasurer of Chicago, Ill. In 1942 elected to U.S.
Congress from Chicago as a Democratic candidate. Appointed Commissioner of West Parks, Jan. 30, 1933. For some time manager of Chicago Daily News. Address: 1817 N. Hermitage Ave., Chicago, Ill.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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