John Raymond Fronek (May 11, 1883 – September 4, 1969) was an American farmer and politician. Born in the

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, Fronek moved with his parents to

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and worked as a coal miner. In 1900, he settled on a dairy farm in

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, in

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. Fronek was involved with the farm, cheese production, and dairy cooperatives. He served on the Longfellow School Board, town supervisor, and town assessor. From 1927 to 1933, Fronek served in the

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as a Progressive and a Republican. He died in

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in 1969.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1931,' Biographical Sketch of John Fronek,' pg. 226

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1883 births 1969 deaths People from Langlade County, Wisconsin Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States Farmers from Wisconsin Wisconsin Progressives (1924) Wisconsin city council members School board members in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People from Coal City, Illinois 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Progressive1924-stub