| Chester C. Gorski | |
| State1: | New York |
| District1: | 44th |
| Term Start1: | January 3, 1949 |
| Term End1: | January 3, 1951 |
| Preceded1: | John C. Butler |
| Succeeded1: | John C. Butler |
| Office2: | President of the Buffalo Common Council |
| Term Start2: | 1960 |
| Term End2: | 1974 |
| Predecessor2: | William B. Lawless Jr. |
| Successor2: | Delmar L. Mitchell |
| Office3: | Member of the New York State Building Code Commission |
| Term Start3: | 1956 |
| Term End3: | 1959 |
| Predecessor3: | Walker S. Lee |
| Successor3: | None (commission abolished) |
| Office4: | Member of the Buffalo Common Council |
| Term Start4: | 1954 |
| Term End4: | 1956 |
| Predecessor4: | Stephen B. Moskal |
| Successor4: | Peter A. Zawadzki |
| Constituency4: | Lovejoy District |
| Term Start5: | 1946 |
| Term End5: | 1948 |
| Predecessor5: | John S. Rusek |
| Successor5: | Thaddeus S. Balicki |
| Constituency5: | Lovejoy District |
| Office6: | Member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors from Buffalo's 6th Ward |
| Term Start6: | 1941 |
| Term End6: | 1945 |
| Predecessor6: | Philip A. Baczkowski |
| Successor6: | Julian C. Kozlowski |
| Birth Name: | Chester Charles Gorski |
| Birth Date: | 22 June 1906 |
| Birth Place: | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery, Cheektowaga, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Helen T. Pieprzny |
| Children: | 2 (including Dennis Gorski) |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Occupation: | Assistant foreman, Buffalo Streets Department Liquor store owner |
Chester Charles Gorski (June 22, 1906 – April 25, 1975) was an American politician from Buffalo, New York. A Democrat, he served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1951, and was the longtime president of the Buffalo Common Council.
Gorski was born June 22, 1906, in Buffalo, New York, to a Polish immigrant family.[1] He attended Saints Peter and Paul Parochial School and Technical High School.[1] After his high school graduation, Gorski was employed a laborer and assistant foreman in Buffalo's Streets Department,[2] and also owned a liquor store.[3]
Gorski became active in politics as a Democrat; he was a member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors from 1941 to 1945, and minority leader beginning in 1942.[1] He served on the Buffalo Common Council from 1946 to 1948.[1] He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions of 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1968.[4]
In 1948 Gorski was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat.[1] He served one term, January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1951, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950.[1]
After leaving Congress Gorski was employed by the U.S. Department of Commerce as an industrial analyst from 1951 to 1952.[1] He served on the Buffalo Common Council again from 1954 to 1956.[1] From 1956 to 1959 he was a member of the New York State Building Code Commission.[1] In 1960 Gorski returned to the Buffalo Common Council as its president, and he served until resigning in 1974 because of ill health.[4]
He died in Buffalo on April 25, 1975.[4] He was buried at Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Cemetery in Cheektowaga, New York.[4]
Gorski was married to Helen T. Pieprzny.[5] They were the parents of two sons, Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski and New York State Supreme Court Justice Jerome Gorski.[5]