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The office of Illinois Treasurer is one of the elective, constitutional offices of the state of Illinois. John F. Smulka served as Illinois Treasurer for 2 years and would be considered notable. He also served on the Chicago City Council. Chicago is one of the largest cities in the United States. Thank you- RFD ( talk) 16:01, 5 February 2016 (UTC) reply

I cleaned up his article and looked him up on ancestry.com, as well as the cited Tribune article online, since I was troubled by the apparent misspelling in the previous note. At the risk of seeming snooty, the "a" ending on Polish surnames indicates female. I have seen his name, however, spelled both "Smolski" and "Smulski". Jweaver28 ( talk) 23:20, 11 December 2019 (UTC) reply