Michael F. Kresky Jr. (May 23, 1904 – August 22, 1978) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1937 to 1939. Born in

Marinette, Wisconsin Marinette is a city in and the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on the south bank of the Menominee River, at its mouth at Green Bay, part of Lake Michigan; to the north is Stephenson Island, part of the ...

, Kresky graduated from Georgetown University Law School in 1931 and then practiced law in

Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...

. In 1940, he was candidate for the

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from

Wisconsin's 8th congressional district Wisconsin's 8th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in northeastern Wisconsin. It is currently represented by Mike Gallagher, a Republican. Gallagher won the open seat vacated by Re ...

, losing to incumbent

Joshua L. Johns Joshua Leroy Johns (February 27, 1881 – March 16, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. Johns was born in the town of Eagle, Wisconsin, on February 27, 1881. He attended the public schools there. He engaged in banking in Richla ...

. He was a member of the Wisconsin Progressive Party.

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Progressive Party (1924) Wisconsin state senators People from Marinette, Wisconsin Georgetown University Law Center alumni Wisconsin lawyers 1904 births 1978 deaths 20th-century American legislators People from Green Bay, Wisconsin 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub