US Congressman. He was born to Polish immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended local and parochial schools, before attending the Marquette University High School, and eventually Marquette University, both in Milwaukee, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1936. After graduating from university, he worked as a teacher in the local school district area of Milwaukee from 1938 to 1939 and was also an accomplished choir and organist from 1932 to 1948. During this time he also took an interest in politics and went on to serve as a Member of the Wisconsin State Senate representing the 39th District from 1942 to 1948. He ran as a Candidate for the office of City Comptroller of Milwaukee but lost in 1948. He also served as Chairman of the Democratic State Convention in 1948, Alternate Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, and again in 1968, Candidate in the Primary for the office of United States Senator from Wisconsin in 1957, United States Delegate to the Fourteenth Session of the United States General Assembly in 1959, and served as the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee from 1977 to 1983. A Democrat, he also served Wisconsin's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1983. During his time in the United States Congress, he served with distinction during the presidencies of such presidents as Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. He was known for his strong anti-Communist positions and his support of the Vietnam War. He was the co-author along with New Jersey Representative and Senator Clifford P. Case of the Case-Zablocki Act Law of 1972, in which it was required that executive agreements by the president be reported to the United States Congress within 60 days. He also helped design an earlier version of the War Powers Act of 1970 to 1972, which he used against President Richard Nixon's veto in 1973. His distinguished career also saw the Iran Hostage Crisis, in which fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days between 1979 to 1981, at the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and his introduction of the Taiwan Relations Act on February 28, 1979, which helped build and maintain the relationship between the United States and Taiwan. He died from a heart attack at the Capitol Hill Hospital in Washington, D.C., at the age of 71, while still in office having served a total of thirty-four years in the United States Congress. For his dedication and service the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Zablocki Library, and the Clement J. Zablocki Elementary School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are named in his memory.

US Congressman. He was born to Polish immigrants in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended local and parochial schools, before attending the Marquette University High School, and eventually Marquette University, both in Milwaukee, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1936. After graduating from university, he worked as a teacher in the local school district area of Milwaukee from 1938 to 1939 and was also an accomplished choir and organist from 1932 to 1948. During this time he also took an interest in politics and went on to serve as a Member of the Wisconsin State Senate representing the 39th District from 1942 to 1948. He ran as a Candidate for the office of City Comptroller of Milwaukee but lost in 1948. He also served as Chairman of the Democratic State Convention in 1948, Alternate Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, and again in 1968, Candidate in the Primary for the office of United States Senator from Wisconsin in 1957, United States Delegate to the Fourteenth Session of the United States General Assembly in 1959, and served as the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee from 1977 to 1983. A Democrat, he also served Wisconsin's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1983. During his time in the United States Congress, he served with distinction during the presidencies of such presidents as Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. He was known for his strong anti-Communist positions and his support of the Vietnam War. He was the co-author along with New Jersey Representative and Senator Clifford P. Case of the Case-Zablocki Act Law of 1972, in which it was required that executive agreements by the president be reported to the United States Congress within 60 days. He also helped design an earlier version of the War Powers Act of 1970 to 1972, which he used against President Richard Nixon's veto in 1973. His distinguished career also saw the Iran Hostage Crisis, in which fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days between 1979 to 1981, at the United States Embassy in Tehran, Iran, and his introduction of the Taiwan Relations Act on February 28, 1979, which helped build and maintain the relationship between the United States and Taiwan. He died from a heart attack at the Capitol Hill Hospital in Washington, D.C., at the age of 71, while still in office having served a total of thirty-four years in the United States Congress. For his dedication and service the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Zablocki Library, and the Clement J. Zablocki Elementary School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, are named in his memory.