Adolph Wegrocki (November 29, 1900 – September 1953) was an American physician and

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politician who served five terms in the New Jersey General Assembly. He was born November 29, 1900, in

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, the son of Joseph Wegrocki (1877-1940) and Victoria Wegrocki, immigrants from Poland. He moved to

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, in 1901, where he attended public and parochial schools. He attended the

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and the

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. He had a medical practice in Newark from 1929 until his death in 1953. He served as Chairman of the New Jersey Polish State Republican League. He married Irene E. Badowska (1904-2003) in 1927. Wegrocki was elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in 1938, and was re-elected in 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942. In 1939, a priest sued Wegrocki for failing to repay a personal loan he made to help set up a medical practice. The priest was awarded a judgment of $2,454. New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Parker ruled that while the priest was entitled to garnish Wegrocki's wages to collect his judgment, he could not put a lien on Wegrocki's annual legislative salary of $500, since state law prohibited garnishing the wages of someone who made less than $18 a week.

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University of Pennsylvania alumni Temple University School of Medicine alumni 1900 births 1953 deaths Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly 20th-century American legislators 20th-century New Jersey politicians {{NewJersey-politician-stub