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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Jay KLEINER
(1845-1911)
KLEINER, John Jay, a
Representative from Indiana; born in West Hanover, Dauphin County,
Pa., February 8, 1845; moved to Medina County, Ohio, in 1850 with
his parents, who settled near Wadsworth; attended the public
schools and assisted his father in agricultural pursuits; during
the Civil War enlisted on June 20, 1863, in Company G, Eighty-sixth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until February 10,
1864; returned to Wadsworth, Ohio, where he resided until 1867;
moved to Evansville, Ind., in 1867; taught in the Evansville
Business College and edited the Saturday Argus of that city; member
of the city council of Evansville in 1873; engaged in the
manufacture and sale of lumber; mayor of Evansville 1874-1880;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth
Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection; engaged in the real estate business and stock
raising at Pierre, S.Dak., in 1887; moved to Washington, D.C., in
1890 and engaged in the real estate business until his death in
Takoma Park, Md., April 8, 1911; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery,
Washington, D.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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