Edward John Bonin (December 23, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was a Republican member of the

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from

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Bonin was born in

Hazleton, Pennsylvania Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 29,963 at the 2020 census. Hazleton is the second largest city in Luzerne County. It was incorporated as a borough on January 5, 1857, and as a city on Decembe ...

, of Polish descent.''Edward John Bonin''. "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943 He served in the

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from 1922 to 1926. He graduated from Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania in 1929, from

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, in 1933, and

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, in 1937. During the

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he served in the

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. From 1949 to 1952 he was assistant district attorney of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, and Mayor of Hazleton, from 1951 to 1953. Bonin was elected in

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as a Republican to the 83rd United States Congress, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman

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but he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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in a re-match against Flood. After his term in congress, he served as assistant to the Philadelphia Regional Director of the

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Department from February 1955 to March 1963, and General Attorney for the Post Office Department in

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from March 1963 to December 1966.

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