Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Peter Kiołbassa (1837 - June 23, 1905) was a Polonia activist and Democratic politician in the city of Chicago. He served as Chicago Treasurer and Commissioner of Public Works. Nicknamed "Honest Pete" because he refused to take city funds from financial decisions made as Treasurer, he broke from the tradition of his predecessors. He was the first Pole to be elected to such positions in the city, and he is remembered with admiration in both Poland and within the Polish-American community. Within the Polish American community, he is known as a major organizer of the St. Stanislaw Church, and worked as president of the Polish Roman Catholic Union to regain Poles' loyalty to the Roman Catholic church.. }
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- Peter_Kiołbassa abstract "Peter Kiołbassa (1837 - June 23, 1905) was a Polonia activist and Democratic politician in the city of Chicago. He served as Chicago Treasurer and Commissioner of Public Works. Nicknamed "Honest Pete" because he refused to take city funds from financial decisions made as Treasurer, he broke from the tradition of his predecessors. He was the first Pole to be elected to such positions in the city, and he is remembered with admiration in both Poland and within the Polish-American community. Within the Polish American community, he is known as a major organizer of the St. Stanislaw Church, and worked as president of the Polish Roman Catholic Union to regain Poles' loyalty to the Roman Catholic church.".