Frank Annunzio (January 12, 1915 – April 8, 2001) was an American politician from

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. Annunzio, an

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, was born in Chicago, where he remained for his entire childhood and much of his adult life. He attended Crane Technical High School and

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. He then had careers as a high school teacher and labor leader of the

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. Under governor

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, he served as the state's Secretary of Labor from 1949 to 1952. In 1964, Annunzio was elected to the

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from a district in Chicago as a member of the United States

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. He was re-elected 13 times and served from 1965 to 1993, deciding not to run for reelection in 1992. He was chairman of several committees including the

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during his later terms in congress, and was particularly notable for serving on a subcommittee for consumer affairs. In 1989 he urged people to burn

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s in order to drive down interest rates and stop themselves from going into debt. Annunzio died in Chicago from complications arising from

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and was interred in the

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Congressman Frank Annunzio Photo Collection
- from the University of Illinois at Chicago digital collections * {{DEFAULTSORT:Annunzio, Frank 1915 births 2001 deaths DePaul University alumni State cabinet secretaries of Illinois Politicians from Chicago United Steelworkers people American people of Italian descent Catholics from Illinois Deaths from Parkinson's disease Neurological disease deaths in Illinois Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois 20th-century American politicians