John J. Smaller

John Jay Kleiner (born February 8, 1845 in West Hanover , Dauphin County , Pennsylvania , †  April 8, 1911 in Takoma Park , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1887 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1850, John Kleiner and his parents came to Medina County , Ohio , where he attended public schools in Wadsworth . He also worked in agriculture with his father. Between June 1863 and February 1864 he volunteered in an infantry unit from Ohio in the Civil War. He then returned to Wadsworth. In 1867 Kleiner moved to Evansville , Indiana, where he taught at the local business college and published the newspaper "Saturday Argus". In 1873 he was elected to Evansville City Council; from 1874 to 1880 he was mayor of this place. In the meantime he had also got into the wood business.

Politically, Kleiner became a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1882 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded William Heilman on March 4, 1883 , whom he had defeated in the election. After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1887 . In 1888 he was defeated by Republican Alvin Peterson Hovey .

After retiring from the US House of Representatives John Little worked in Pierre ( South Dakota ) in the real estate and livestock. In 1890 he moved to the federal capital Washington, where he also worked in the real estate business. He died on April 8, 1911 in Takoma Park and was buried in Washington.

Web links

• John J. Kleiner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John J. Little in the database of Find a Grave (English)