Antoni Nicholas Sadlak (June 13, 1908 – October 18, 1969) was a

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from

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Born in

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, to a

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immigrant family, Sadlak attended the

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. He graduated from George Sykes Manual Training and High School in 1926 and from the Georgetown University School of Law,

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, in 1931. He served as special inspector for the

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from July 1941 to December 1942. He served as assistant secretary-treasurer of the Farmers' Production Credit Association,

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, from 1944 to 1946. He was secretary to former Representative Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz in 1939, 1940, 1943, and 1944. He served in the

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, the

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, and

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from March 1944 to April 1946. He was educational supervisor in the Connecticut Department of Education from July 1, 1946, to September 15, 1946. Sadlak was elected as a

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to the Eightieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959). Sadlak voted in favor of the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958. After his Congressional career, he served as regional assistant manager for the

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, from March 30, 1959, to May 2, 1960. He engaged in lecturing and legislative consultation. In 1966, he was elected judge of probate for the Ellington-Vernon District and served until his death in Rockville on October 18, 1969. He was interred in St. Bernard's Cemetery.

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