John Jay Kleiner (February 8, 1845 – April 8, 1911) was an American educator and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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1883 to 1887.

Biography

Born in West Hanover, Pennsylvania, Kleiner moved to

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, in 1850 with his parents, who settled near Wadsworth. He attended the public schools and assisted his father in agricultural pursuits. During the

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Kleiner enlisted on June 20, 1863, in Company G, Eighty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until February 10, 1864. He returned to

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, where he resided until 1867. He moved to

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, in 1867. He taught in the Evansville Business College and edited the Saturday Argus of that city.

Political career

He served as member of the city council of Evansville in 1873. He engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber. He served as mayor of Evansville 1874-1880. Kleiner was elected as a

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to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

Later career and death

He engaged in the real estate business and stock raising at

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, in 1887. He moved to

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, in 1890 and engaged in the real estate business until his death in

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, April 8, 1911. He was interred at

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in Washington.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kleiner, John Jay 1845 births 1911 deaths People from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Union Army soldiers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana Mayors of Evansville, Indiana 19th-century American politicians