Robert J. Mrazek
| Robert Jan "Bob" Mrazek | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Gregory W. Carman |
| Succeeded by | Peter T. King |
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November 6, 1945 Newport, Rhode Island |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Susan Mrazek nee Gurick (1971-2004, her death) Carolyn Rae Mrazek née Allen (2005-present) |
| Children | Susannah Rose, James Nicholas |
| Residence | Ithaca, New York |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Religion | Methodism |
Robert Jan "Bob" Mrazek (born November 6, 1945) is an American politician and former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 3rd congressional district on Long Island for most of the 1980s. Also an author, he has written works of military fiction and non-fiction, set in the time periods of the American Civil War and World War II. The Congressman, a film he wrote and co-directed, was released on April 29, 2016.
Mrazek grew up in Huntington, New York, graduating from Cornell University (1967). He joined the United States Navy to serve in the Vietnam War, but was disabled by a training injury at Officer Candidate School in Newport. After a period of hospitalization with wounded Marines, he turned against the war. After his 1968 discharge, he was an aide to U.S. Senator Vance Hartke (1969–1971).
He was elected to the Suffolk County Legislature, 1975–1982 and became its minority leader. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1980, 1988, and 1992.
Democrat Mrazek was first elected in 1982 to the 98th United States Congress, defeating John LeBoutillier, a one-term Conservative Republican Congressman in the 3rd district. (The districts had been redrawn to reflect the 1980 U.S. Census.)
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