residence succeeded children religion party office preceded term order term_start birth_date spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
sturgeon lake , minnesota jerome m. hughes florian jr. , jeffry , mark , and patty roman catholic democratic-farmer-labor party president of the minnesota senate minnesota state senator jerome m. hughes 1987 5th january 1971 10 february 1927 patricia `` pat '' stolquist florian chmielewski
 january 1997 florian chmielewski television executive musician university of minnesota
florian chmielewski

florian w. chmielewski , sr. -lrb- born february 10 , 1927 -rrb- is a minnesota musician , politician , a former legislator , and a former president of the minnesota senate .
chmielewski was elected to the senate in 1970 , becoming chair of the employment committee in 1981 .
during a special session in 1987 , chmielewski was elected to serve as president , due to the absence of state sen. jerome m. hughes , who both preceded and succeeded chmielewski in the position .
in 1996 , chmielewski became embroiled in the `` phonegate '' scandal .
it was revealed that chmielewski had given family members state long-distance access codes , allowing them to make phone calls at state expense .
chmielewski was ultimately defeated for re-election in 1996 , after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor .
chmielewski continues to work as an accordion player with the chmielewski family funtime band , performing polka music throughout the midwest .
