Aloysius Majerczyk (died January 19, 1996) was an American politician who served on the

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from 1979 until 1987. Majerczyk served in the

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during the

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. In 1959 he founded Standard Glass Co. and became a Chicago police officer. He resided in Brighton Park. After two unsuccessful runs for Alderman, Majerczyk was elected in the 1979 election defeating incumbent George Kwak. Majerczyk was the first Alderman to explicitly come out in favor of

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candidate

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in the

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. In a common trend in Chicago's ethnic white wards, Epton took a commanding 84% of the vote in the 12th ward. After the inauguration of Washington, Majerczyk continued his opposition to Washington during a vote on the reorganization of the City Council. Ultimately,

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assumed leadership of the anti-Washington aldermen, including Majerczyk, who would be known as the ''Vrdolyak 29''. In the 1987 election, he lost to Mark Fary, the nephew of former Congressman

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. After his 1987 loss, he made several efforts at a political comeback. In the

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, he ran for the

nomination in

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losing to John Holowinski. In 1990, he ran for the

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in the Democratic primary finishing third to winner

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and incumbent Robert Krska. In 1991, he ran for his old City Council seat. In the

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, he ran in the Democratic primary and finished a distant third behind incumbents

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and

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. In the 1994 election for President of the

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he ran, ironically, as the nominee of the

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. Majerczyk died on January 19, 1996, at Hines Veterans Administration Hospital after a stroke that happened the prior month.

References

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