Chester Gorski

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Chester Gorski was a one term Congressman from New York and a longtime political leader in Buffalo, New York. He served from 1941 to 1945 as a county supervisor on the Erie County Board of Supervisors, representing Buffalo. He served for three years as minority leader of the Board. From 1946 to 1948 he as a city councilman in Buffalo, serving as Council Minority Leader in 1946 and 1947 and Council Majority Leader in 1948. He was elected to Congress in 1948 and served for one term. He was defeated for reelection in 1950 and defeated in a congressional race in 1952. From 1951 to 1952, he worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce and served again as a Buffalo city councilman from 1954 to 1956, including service as Council Majority Leader. From 1956 to 1959 he served as a commissioner of the New York State Building Codes Commission, as an appointee of Gov. W. Averell Harriman. In 1959, he was elected President of the Buffalo Common Council, the second highest post in city government. He served as Council President until his regisnation in 1974.

He is the father of former Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski and New York State Supreme Court Justice Jerome Gorski.