Anthony A. Fleger Explained

Anthony A. Fleger
State:Ohio
Term Start:January 3, 1937
Term End:January 3, 1939
Predecessor:Chester C. Bolton
Successor:Chester C. Bolton
Office1:Member of the
Ohio House of Representatives
Term Start1:January 1, 1933
Term End1:December 31, 1933
Office2:Mayor of Parma, Ohio
Term Start2:January 1, 1934
Term End2:December 31, 1935
Predecessor2:Frank D. Johnson
Successor2:Roland E. Reichert
Birth Date:21 October 1900
Birth Place:Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Mary Nemec
Children:2
Alma Mater:John Marshall School of Law

Anthony Alfred Fleger (October 21, 1900  - July 16, 1963) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Life and career

Born in Austria-Hungary, in 1903 Fleger immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended the public schools and graduated from the John Marshall School of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1926. Fleger was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Cleveland, Ohio. He later moved to Parma, Ohio, where he served as Justice of the Peace from 1930 to 1932.

He married Mary Nemec, with whom he had two children, Corinne and Donald.[1]

Fleger was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1932 and served from January 1, 1933, to December 31, 1933, when he resigned, having been elected mayor of Parma. He served as mayor from January 1, 1934, to December 31, 1935.

Fleger was elected as a Democrat to the 75th United States Congress (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress and for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress and resumed the practice of law in Cleveland, Ohio. Fleger served as special assistant to the Attorney General, Washington, D.C., from March 3, 1941, to July 9, 1950, and as an attorney in the Department of Justice from July 10, 1950, to May 9, 1953. He engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and resided in Oxon Hill, Maryland. He died in Alexandria (Virginia) Hospital July 16, 1963. He was interred in, Brook Park, Ohio.

Notes and References

  1. News: Donald A. Fleger obituary. The Washington Post. 2014-12-17. 2022-01-02.