Norbert A. Kosinski (August 21, 1918 – March 10, 1978) was an American politician.
Kosinski was born in
Chicago
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, Illinois. He went to elementary and high schools in Chicago and business school in
Poland
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. Kosinski served in the
United States Army
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during
World War II
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and was commissioned a sergeant. Kosinski served in the
Illinois Senate
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from 1971 to his death in 1978. He was a
Democrat
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Politics
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. Kosinski died from a heart attack while at a fund-raising campaign rally in Chicago. Kosinski won the nomination in the Illinois Democratic primary election on March 21, 1978, after his death.
['Dead man wins,' ''The Southern Illinoisan,'' March 23, 178, pg. 10]
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1918 births
1978 deaths
Politicians from Chicago
Military personnel from Illinois
Democratic Party Illinois state senators
United States Army personnel of World War II
American expatriates in Poland
20th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly
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