John Jay Kleiner (February 8, 1845 – April 8, 1911) was an American educator and politician who served two terms as aU.S. Representative fromIndiana 1883 to 1887.

Born inWest Hanover, Pennsylvania, Kleiner moved toMedina County, Ohio, in 1850 with his parents, who settled near Wadsworth.He attended the public schools and assisted his father in agricultural pursuits.During theCivil War Kleiner enlisted on June 20, 1863, in Company G,Eighty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until February 10, 1864.

He returned toWadsworth, Ohio, where he resided until 1867. He moved toEvansville, Indiana, in 1867. He taught in the Evansville Business College and edited the Saturday Argus of that city.

He served as member of the city council of Evansville in 1873. He engaged in the manufacture and sale of lumber. He served asmayor of Evansville 1874–1880.

Kleiner was elected as aDemocrat to theForty-eighth andForty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.

He engaged in the real estate business and stock raising atPierre, South Dakota, in 1887.

He moved toWashington, D.C., in 1890 and engaged in the real estate business until his death inTakoma Park, Maryland, April 8, 1911. He was interred atRock Creek Cemetery in Washington.

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