John Smolenski (1891 – May 31, 1953) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
Life He was born in 1891 in Poland. The family emigrated to the United States when John was still a small boy, and settled in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Later he opened a funeral home at 1044 Manhattan Avenue there.New York Red Book (1952; pg. 243) He married Charlotte Garstkiewicz (1897–1961), and their only child was Irene (Smolenski) Imperatore.MRS. JOHN SMOLENSKI in the New York Times on September 17, 1961 (subscription required)
Smolenski was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 15th D.) in 1938,13 New Faces From Long IslandWill Be Seen in 1938 Legislature in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on January 2, 1938 [with portrait] 1939–40, 1941–42, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1951–52 and 1953.
He died on May 31, 1953;JOHN SMOLENSKI, 62, ASSEMBLYMAN, DIES in the New York Times on June 1, 1953 (subscription required) and was buried at the First Calvary Cemetery in Queens.
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