Alvin Edward O'Konski (May 26, 1904 - July 8, 1987) was a United States Representative from Wisconsin. Born on a farm near Kewaunee, he attended the public schools and the University of Iowa at Iowa City. He was graduated from State Teachers College in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1927 and from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1932. He was an instructor in high schools at Omro and Oconto from 1926 to 1929 and was a member of the faculty of Oregon State College at Corvallis from 1929 to 1931, and at the University of Detroit from 1936 to 1938. He was superintendent of schools in Pulaski, Wisconsin from 1932 to 1935 and was an instructor at a junior college in Coleraine, Minnesota in 1936. He was an educator, journalist, and lecturer, and was an editor and publisher at Hurley, Wisconsin from 1940 to 1942. May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Kewaunee is a city located in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. ... The University of Iowa is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City, Iowa, USA, on the Iowa River in East Central Iowa. ... Iowa City is a city located in Johnson County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 62,220. ... Oshkosh is a city located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. ... Plaque on Bascom Hall, UW-Madison. ... Omro is a city located in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. ... Oconto is a city located in Oconto County, Wisconsin. ... Corvallis is the name of several places in the United States of America: Corvallis, Montana Corvallis, Oregon This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... University of Detroit Mercy (4001 W. McNichols Rd. ... Superintendent may refer to: Superintendent (education), an education executive or administrator Superintendent (police), a police rank Superintendent (United States Air Force), a United States Air Force position In buildings, a manager, a maintenance or repair person, a custodian or janitor. ... There is also the Town of Pulaski in Iowa County. ... Coleraine is a city located in Itasca County, Minnesota. ... Hurley is a city located in Iron County, Wisconsin. ...

O'Konski was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1973; he was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1957 to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress. He was a resident of Rhinelander, Wisconsin until his death in Kewaunee in 1987. Interment was in St. Hedwig's Cemetery. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Rhinelander is a city in Oneida County, Wisconsin, USA. The population was 7,735 at the 2000 census. ...

References

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress