
Clement Stachowiak (May 3, 1902 – December 12, 1981) was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly
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Representatives are elected for two-year terms ...
from 1939 to 1940. He was elected to the Assembly on the
Wisconsin Progressive Party
The Wisconsin Progressive Party (1934–1946) was a political party that briefly held a dominant role in Wisconsin politics. History
The Party was the brainchild of Philip La Follette and Robert M. La Follette, Jr., the sons of the famous Wisco ...
ticket. In 1948, Stachowiak was an unsuccessful candidate for the
United States House of Representatives
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from
Wisconsin's 4th congressional district
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. Born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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, he was a member of the
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America (SPA) was a socialist political party in the United States formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party of Ameri ...
. Stachowiak was a laborer, police officer, and a machinist's helper.
['Wisconsin Blue Book 1940,' Biographical Sketch of Clement Stachowiak, pg. 56]
References
Politicians from Milwaukee
Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Wisconsin Progressives (1924)
Socialist Party of America politicians from Wisconsin
1902 births
1981 deaths
American politicians of Polish descent
20th-century American politicians
American police officers
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