Jerry Kleczka
Gerald (Jerry) D. Kleczka (born
November 26,
1943),
American politician, has been a
Democratic member of the
United States House of Representatives since
1985, representing the Fourth Congressional District of
Wisconsin, including the city of
Milwaukee, where he was born. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from
1969 to
1974 and the Wisconsin State Senate from
1975 to 1984, when he was elected to the House following the death of Representative Clement Zablocki.