Clement Zablocki
Clement Zablocki | |
|---|---|
1979 portrait | |
| Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee | |
| In office January 3, 1977 – December 3, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas E. Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Dante Fascell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 4th district | |
| In office January 3, 1949 – December 3, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | John C. Brophy |
| Succeeded by | Jerry Kleczka |
| Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 3rd district | |
| In office January 1, 1943 – January 1, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur L. Zimny |
| Succeeded by | Casimir Kendziorski |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 18, 1912 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | December 3, 1983 (aged 71) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Saint Adalbert Cemetery, Milwaukee |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Blanche M. Janic
(m. 1937; died 1977) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Marquette University (Ph.B.) |
Clement John Zablocki (November 18, 1912 – December 3, 1983) was a Polish American politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was one of Wisconsin's longest-serving members of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 4th congressional district for 18 terms, from 1949 until his death in 1983.
A liberal Democrat, he built his reputation in foreign policy by taking strong anti-communist positions and supporting the Vietnam War. He was a sponsor of the original Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which launched the American intervention, but near the end of the war he was a driving force for the War Powers Resolution, which sought to put restraints on the war-making powers of future presidents. He rose to become chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee for the last seven years of his career.