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. 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. ==References==