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John C. Kluczynski | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1951 – January 26, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Gorski |
| Succeeded by | John G. Fary |
| Member of theIllinois Senate | |
| In office 1948–1949 | |
| Member of theIllinois House of Representatives | |
| In office 1933–1948 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Carl Kluczynski (1896-02-15)February 15, 1896 |
| Died | January 26, 1975(1975-01-26) (aged 78) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Resting place | Resurrection Mausoleum,Justice, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
John Carl Kluczynski (February 15, 1896 – January 26, 1975) was an AmericanWorld War I veteran who served 13 terms as aU.S. representative fromIllinois, representing the5th district from 1951 until his death from a heart attack inChicago, Illinois in 1975.
Born inChicago,Illinois to Thomas Kluczynski and Mary Kluczynski, née Sulaski, Kluczynski attended public andparochial schools, and during theFirst World War served overseas as a corporal with the Eighth Field Artillery in 1918 and 1919.
He worked in the catering business upon returning to Chicago, and served in theIllinois House of Representatives from 1933 through 1948. In 1948, Kluczynski was elected to theIllinois Senate in 1948 where he served until December 1949. He resigned in 1949 to run as candidate for Congress.
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Kluczynski was elected as aDemocrat to theEighty-second Congress.He was reelected to the twelve succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1951, until his death from a heart attack January 26, 1975, in Chicago.[1]
He voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.[2]
While in Congress, he served as chairman of the Public Works subcommittee on transportation.[3]
He was interred in Resurrection Mausoleum,Justice, Illinois.
The office building at the Chicago Federal Center, known as theKluczynski Federal Building, was named in Kluczynski's honor after his death in 1975.[4]
He was aPolish-American, active in the life of his community as a member of thePolish National Alliance andPolish Roman Catholic Union of America.[5]
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