Chester C. Gorski

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Chester C. Gorski

|image = Chester C. Gorski, New York Congressman.jpg

|caption = Gorski as a U.S. Congressman in 1949

|state1 = New York

|district1 = 44th

|term_start1 = January 3, 1949

|term_end1 = January 3, 1951

|preceded1 = John C. Butler

|succeeded1 = John C. Butler

|office2 = President of the Buffalo Common Council

|term_start2 = 1960

|term_end2 = 1974

|predecessor2 = William B. Lawless Jr.

|successor2 = Delmar L. Mitchell

|office3 = Member of the New York State Building Code Commission

|term_start3 = 1956

|term_end3 = 1959

|predecessor3 = Walker S. Lee

|successor3 = None (commission abolished)

|office4 = Member of the Buffalo Common Council

|term_start4 = 1954

|term_end4 = 1956

|predecessor4 = Stephen B. Moskal

|successor4 = Peter A. Zawadzki

|constituency4 = Lovejoy District

|term_start5 = 1946

|term_end5 = 1948

|predecessor5 = John S. Rusek

|successor5 = Thaddeus S. Balicki

|constituency5 = Lovejoy District

|office6 = Member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors from Buffalo's 6th Ward

|term_start6 = 1941

|term_end6 = 1945

|predecessor6 = Philip A. Baczkowski

|successor6 = Julian C. Kozlowski

|birth_name = Chester Charles Gorski

|birth_date = {{birth date|1906|06|22}}

|birth_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1975|04|25|1906|06|22}}

|death_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S.

|restingplace = Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cheektowaga, New York, U.S.

|spouse = Helen T. Pieprzny

|children = 2 (including Dennis Gorski)

|party = Democrat

|occupation = Assistant foreman, Buffalo Streets Department
Liquor store owner

}}

Chester Charles Gorski (June 22, 1906 – April 25, 1975) was an American politician from Buffalo, New York. A Democrat, he served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1951, and was the longtime president of the Buffalo Common Council.

Life and career

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Gorski was born June 22, 1906, in Buffalo, New York, to a Polish immigrant family.{{cite book |author=Joint Committee On Printing, United States Congress |date=1971 |title=Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QkivEBR2k1QC&pg=PA1020 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=1020 |via=Google Books}} He attended Saints Peter and Paul Parochial School and Technical High School. After his high school graduation, Gorski was employed a laborer and assistant foreman in Buffalo's Streets Department,{{cite news |date=December 2, 1940 |title=Boyer, Gorski, Meyer Chosen Supervisors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-supervisors/128475403/ |work=Buffalo Evening News |location=Buffalo, NY |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com}} and also owned a liquor store.{{cite news |date=June 13, 1956 |title=Three Kin of Officials to Get Arcade Sites at Broadway Market |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news/128476363/ |work=Buffalo Evening News |location=Buffalo, NY |page=25 |via=Newspapers.com}}

= Early political career =

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Gorski became active in politics as a Democrat; he was a member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors from 1941 to 1945, and minority leader beginning in 1942. He served on the Buffalo Common Council from 1946 to 1948. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1968.{{cite book |author=Joint Committee On Printing, United States Congress |date=2005 |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA1140 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=1139–1140 |isbn=978-0-1607-3176-1 |via=Google Books}}

= Congress =

In 1948 Gorski was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He served one term, January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1951, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950.

= Later career and death =

After leaving Congress Gorski was employed by the U.S. Department of Commerce as an industrial analyst from 1951 to 1952. He served on the Buffalo Common Council again from 1954 to 1956. From 1956 to 1959 he was a member of the New York State Building Code Commission. In 1960 Gorski returned to the Buffalo Common Council as its president, and he served until resigning in 1974 because of ill health.

He died in Buffalo on April 25, 1975. He was buried at Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery in Cheektowaga, New York.

Family

Gorski was married to Helen T. Pieprzny.{{cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-gorski/128474926/ |title=Helen T. Gorski, 93, wife, mother of public servants |accessdate=September 9, 2009 |date=March 30, 2008 |page=C5 |work=Buffalo News |location=Buffalo, NY |via=Newspapers.com}} They were the parents of two sons, Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski and New York State Supreme Court Justice Jerome Gorski.