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  O'Konski, Alvin E.
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NameAlvin E. O'Konski
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Mercer, Wisconsin , United States
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Born May 26, 1904
DiedJuly 08, 1987 (83 years)
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InfoO'KONSKI, Alvin Edward, a Representative from Wisconsin; born on a farm near Kewaunee, Kewaunee County, Wis., May 26, 1904; attended the public schools and the University of Iowa at Iowa City; was graduated from State Teachers College, Oshkosh, Wis., in 1927, and from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1932; instructor in high schools at Omro and Oconto, Wis., 1926-1929; member of the faculty of Oregon State College at Corvallis 1929-1931, and at the University of Detroit, Detroit, Mich., 1936-1938; superintendent of schools, Pulaski, Wis., 1932-1935; instructor at a junior college, Coleraine, Minn., in 1936; educator, journalist, and lecturer; editor and publisher, Hurley, Wis., 1940-1942; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1957 to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress; was a resident of Rhinelander, Wis., until his death in Kewaunee, Wis., on July 8, 1987; interment in St. Hedwig's Cemetery.


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  11/07/1972 WI District 7 Lost 37.20% (-25.59%)
  09/12/1972 WI District 7 - R Primary Won 55.04% (+10.07%)
  11/03/1970 WI District 10 Won 50.90% (+2.33%)
  11/05/1968 WI District 10 Won 65.94% (+31.88%)
  11/08/1966 WI District 10 Won 66.54% (+33.08%)
  11/03/1964 WI District 10 Won 56.16% (+12.31%)
  11/06/1962 WI District 10 Won 63.19% (+26.38%)
  09/11/1962 WI District 10 - R Primary Won 73.20% (+46.40%)
  11/08/1960 WI District 10 Won 95.00% (+90.29%)
  11/04/1958 WI District 10 Won 67.10% (+34.20%)
  07/30/1957 WI US Senate - Special R Primary Lost 21.05% (-13.38%)
  11/06/1956 WI District 10 Won 64.54% (+29.09%)
  11/02/1954 WI District 10 Won 59.76% (+19.51%)
  11/04/1952 WI District 10 Won 67.38% (+34.76%)
  11/07/1950 WI District 10 Won 56.98% (+13.95%)
  09/19/1950 WI District 10 - R Primary Won 52.51% (+9.57%)
  11/02/1948 WI District 10 Won 54.81% (+13.25%)
  09/21/1948 WI District 10 - R Primary Won 53.23% (+6.47%)
  11/05/1946 WI District 10 Won 52.98% (+10.56%)
  11/07/1944 WI District 10 Won 57.80% (+26.36%)
  11/03/1942 WI District 10 Won 48.38% (+7.26%)
  09/15/1942 WI District 10 - R Primary Won 41.11% (+19.54%)
  11/06/1934 WI State Senate 01 Lost 19.30% (-30.90%)
  09/18/1934 WI State Senate 01 - R Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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