Monkiewicz, Boleslaus Joseph (1898 - 1971)Representative from Connecticut; born in Syracuse, N.Y., August 8, 1898; moved with his parents to New Britain, Conn., in 1899; attended the public schools and was graduated from New Britain (Conn.) High School in 1917; served as an apprentice seaman in the United States Navy (Columbia University Naval Unit), October 3, 1918, to December 17, 1918; was graduated from the law department of Fordham University, New York City, in 1921; was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced practice in New York and Connecticut; also engaged in banking; clerk of the New Britain, Conn., city and police court from July 1932 to August 1933; prosecuting attorney, police court, 1937-1939; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy seventh Congress; elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law and also was unemployment compensation commissioner of Connecticut; member of the United States Board of Parole at Washington, D.C., 1947-1953; resumed the practice of law in New Britain, Conn.; judge of circuit court of Connecticut, 1961-1968; resided in Kensington, Conn.; died in New Britain, Conn., July 2, 1971; interment in Sacred Heart Cemetery.
Source: Congressional Data Base (2008)
Monkiewicz, Boleslaus JosephLawyer. Born Aug. 8, 1898 in Syracuse, N. Y. Educated in the parochial and high schools of New Britain, graduated from Fordham University, Law School with LL.B. degree. From Sept. 1918 until Dec. 24, 1918 member of Columbia University Naval Unit. Member of Connecticut and New York Bar Associations; of board of compensation and assessment in 1927; served as clerk of the city and police courts of New Britain from July 1932 until Aug. 1933. In 1933 revised the ordinances of the city of New Britain. Prosecutor of the police court of New Britain, Conn., 1937-1938; elected to U.S. Congress in 1938; returned to private practice of law upon expiration of his office, 1940-1942; again elected to U.S. Congress from Connecticut on a Republican ticket in 1942. Address: House of Representatives, Capital Bldg., Washington, D. C.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943