15 Facts About Alvin O'Konski

Alvin Edward O'Konski was an American politician and educator who served 30 years in the United States House of Representatives.

Alvin O'Konski attended the local public schools and the University of Iowa.

Alvin O'Konski graduated from State Teachers College in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1927, and from the University of Wisconsin in 1932.

Alvin O'Konski was a high school teacher in Omro and Oconto from 1926 to 1929, a member of the faculty of Oregon State College at Corvallis, Oregon, from 1929 to 1931, and a faculty member at the University of Detroit from 1936 to 1938.

Alvin O'Konski was superintendent of schools in Pulaski, Wisconsin, from 1932 to 1935 and an instructor at a junior college in Coleraine, Minnesota, in 1936.

Alvin O'Konski was an educator, journalist, lecturer, editor and publisher at Hurley, Wisconsin, from 1940 to 1942.

In 1942, Alvin O'Konski was elected as a Republican to the 78th United States Congress.

Alvin O'Konski was then reelected to the fourteen succeeding Congresses serving from January 3,1943, till January 3,1973.

Alvin O'Konski voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,1960,1964, and 1968, as well as the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Alvin O'Konski represented a district that included much of the northwestern part of the state, including Rhinelander and Superior.

However, after the 1970 census, Wisconsin lost a district, and most of Alvin O'Konski's territory was merged with Wisconsin's 7th congressional district represented by three-term Democratic Party member Dave Obey.

Alvin O'Konski retained only about 40 percent of his former territory, a disadvantage he was unable to overcome despite his seniority.

Alvin O'Konski sold the station in 1976; it is WJFW-TV.

Alvin O'Konski lived in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, until his death in 1987.

Alvin O'Konski is buried at St Hedwig's Cemetery, a rural church cemetery west of Kewaunee.