Martin Franzkowiak [SEP] position held
Martin Franzkowiak
Martin Franzkowiak was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography.
Franzkowiak was born on November 10, 1870 in Poland. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1878.
Career.
Franzkowiak was elected to the Assembly in 1932. He was a Democrat.
re-election to Democrat Martin Franzkowiak, who polled 6941 votes to Tews' 3442, 2091 for Republican Harry E. Shelminiak, and 58 for Independent Albert Krawczyk.
"A Socialist with the brains knocked out".
During a January 5, 1932 debate on unemployment compensation and how to fund it, Tews argued for the Socialist bill and against the Progressive substitute, stating that a Progressive was "a Socialist with the brains knocked out" (although the Socialists eventually supported the bill, as better than nothing).;