Maciejewski, Anton Frank (1893 - 1949)

Representative from Illinois; born in Anderson, Grimes County, Tex., January 3, 1893; attended the public schools of Cicero, Ill., and Lewis Institute, Chicago, Ill.; became engaged in the wholesale and retail coal business in Cicero, Ill., in 1916; assistant agent in charge of relief of Cook County, Ill., 1925-1928; member of the Democratic State and National Committees; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1928; supervisor and treasurer of Cicero, Ill., 1932-1939; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation on December 8, 1942; was not a candidate for renomination in 1942; resumed the wholesale and retail coal business; also engaged in the construction of defense housing; elected to the board of trustees of the sanitary district of Chicago in December 1942 and served until his death in Chicago, Ill., September 25, 1949; interment in Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, Ill.

Source: Congressional Data Base (2008)


Maciejewski, Anthony F.
Public official. Treasurer of Cicero, Ill. Born Jan. 3, 1893 in Anderson, Texas; son of Frank and Frances (Ciesielska) Maciejewski. Married Anna Kosobucka. Nov. 19, 1913. Elected treasurer and supervisor of the city of Cicero in 1931, re-elected in 1936. Conducts a wholesale coal business, known as The Eagle Coal Company, Cicero, Ill. In 1938 elected Congressman from district 6, of Illinois. Member of P.N.A., P.R.C.U., Polish Falcons Alliance, Hawthorne Businessmen's Ass'n, K. of C. Elks, Polish American Democratic Organization of Cook County, Cicero Regular Democratic Organization. Offices: 52nd Ave. and 33rd Street, Cicero, Ill.

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