Robert J. Mrazek
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Jan Mrazek (born November 6, 1945) is a former politician from New York. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing a district on Long Island for most of the 1980's.
Mrazek was born in Newport, Rhode Island, but grew up in Huntington, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1967. In 1968, he entered the United States Navy and served in the Vietnam War. However, he was discharged following a training injury. After returning home, he served for two years as an aide to Senator Vance Hartke, and in 1971, he left this job to start a small business.
Mrazek was voted into the Suffolk County, New York Legislature in 1975 and served until he was elected as a Democrat to the 98th United States Congress, defeating one term Republican incumbent John LeBoutillier. Mrazek served in the House from 1983 until 1993. He gave up his seat to challenge Republican Al D'Amato for his seat in the U.S. Senate, but Mrazek lost the Democratic primary election to several other powerful Democrats, including Geraldine Ferraro, Al Sharpton, and Robert Abrams (who went on to lose to D'Amato by .5%).
Mrazek is also the author of three novels, Stonewall's Gold: A Novel of the Civil War, Unholy Fire: A Novel of the Civil War, and, most recently, The Deadly Embrace: A Novel of World War II.
While in Congress, he coauthored the law that saved the Manassas battlefield from being bulldozed for a shopping center. He also authored the Tongass Timber Reform Act, the Amerasian Homecoming Act and the National Film Preservation Act of 1988.
[edit] External link
| Preceded by Gregory W. Carman |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd congressional district 1983–1993 |
Succeeded by Peter T. King |
 |
This article about a New York politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
