Gerald Daniel KLECZKA, Congress, WI (1943)

KLECZKA Gerald Daniel , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., November 26, 1943; graduated from Don Bosco High School, Milwaukee, Wis., 1961; attended University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis., 1961-1962, 1967, 1970; Wisconsin Air National Guard, 1963-1969; accountant; member of the Wisconsin state assembly, 1969-1974; member of the Wisconsin state senate, 1975-1984; delegate, Wisconsin state Democratic conventions, 1966-1984; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1980 and 1984; elected as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Clement J. Zablocki, reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (April 3, 1984-January 3, 2005); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Ninth Congress in 2004; died on October 8, 2017, in Madison, Wis.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present