John C. Kleczka

John Casimir Kleczka (born May 6, 1885 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , †  April 21, 1959 ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1923 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Kleczka attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1905 the Marquette University in Milwaukee. He then studied at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC and at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1909, he began working in his new profession in Milwaukee. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Kleczka served in the Wisconsin Senate between 1909 and 1911 . In 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where US President William Howard Taft was nominated for a second term. Between 1914 and 1918 he worked at the District Court in Milwaukee County . After the First World War , Kleczka also became a military judge in the US Army reserves .

In the congressional election of 1918 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Wisconsin, where he succeeded William J. Cary on March 4, 1919 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1923 . During this time, the 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution were passed there. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage . In 1922, Kleczka decided not to run for Congress again. From 1930 to 1953 he worked as a district judge. From 1957 until his death on April 21, 1959 in Milwaukee, he was a conciliation judge and court commissioner .

Web links

• John C. Kleczka in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John C. Kleczka in the database of Find a Grave (English)