US Congressman. He was born to Michael Kleczka and Agnes B. Wiza Kleczka in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and studied at parochial schools before attending the prestigious Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1905. After graduating from university, he took postgraduate courses at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced to practicing law in Milwaukee. He then decided to enter politics and he ran for a seat in the Wisconsin State Senate. He was elected and served as a member of the State Senate from 1909 to 1911. On October 18, 1911, he married Wanda H. Lukomski at the St Vincent Church in Milwaukee, and the couple would go on to have four children together, Rosemary born in 1913, Eleanore Helen born in 1916, John Casimer Jr. born in 1917, and Daniel Edward born in 1923. He also served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912, and Commissioner of the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, from 1914 to 1918. Following the end of the First World War, he served as a Major Judge Advocate in the United States Army Reserves. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and won. A Republican, he served Wisconsin's 4th District (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses) in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1923. He did not seek renomination in 1922 and returned to his practice of law when his term in office had expired on March 3, 1923. In 1930, he was appointed a Circuit Court Judge by then Wisconsin Governor Walter Jodok Kohler Sr. and served in that position until ill health forced him to retire after twenty-three years on the bench in 1953. He was appointed to one last position, that of a Conciliation Judge and Court Commissioner by the circuit judges in 1957, and served in that capacity until 1959. He passed away that same year in Milwaukee, from a heart ailment at the age of 73, and was buried in the St. Adalbert's Cemetery. His wife passed away the following year, and she was buried with her husband. His daughter Eleanore, who passed away in 2007, is also buried with him.
US Congressman. He was born to Michael Kleczka and Agnes B. Wiza Kleczka in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and studied at parochial schools before attending the prestigious Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1905. After graduating from university, he took postgraduate courses at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., and at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, where he began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced to practicing law in Milwaukee. He then decided to enter politics and he ran for a seat in the Wisconsin State Senate. He was elected and served as a member of the State Senate from 1909 to 1911. On October 18, 1911, he married Wanda H. Lukomski at the St Vincent Church in Milwaukee, and the couple would go on to have four children together, Rosemary born in 1913, Eleanore Helen born in 1916, John Casimer Jr. born in 1917, and Daniel Edward born in 1923. He also served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912, and Commissioner of the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, from 1914 to 1918. Following the end of the First World War, he served as a Major Judge Advocate in the United States Army Reserves. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and won. A Republican, he served Wisconsin's 4th District (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses) in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1923. He did not seek renomination in 1922 and returned to his practice of law when his term in office had expired on March 3, 1923. In 1930, he was appointed a Circuit Court Judge by then Wisconsin Governor Walter Jodok Kohler Sr. and served in that position until ill health forced him to retire after twenty-three years on the bench in 1953. He was appointed to one last position, that of a Conciliation Judge and Court Commissioner by the circuit judges in 1957, and served in that capacity until 1959. He passed away that same year in Milwaukee, from a heart ailment at the age of 73, and was buried in the St. Adalbert's Cemetery. His wife passed away the following year, and she was buried with her husband. His daughter Eleanore, who passed away in 2007, is also buried with him.
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