{{Short description|American politician}} '''John Mathew Blaska''' (May 14, 1885 – May 26, 1957) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
==Biography== John Mathew Blaska was born on May 14, 1885, in Medina, Wisconsin. He later moved to Marshall, Dane County, Wisconsin. Blaska was a farmer and tobacco grower.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |title=Ex-Assemblyman, John Blaska, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52810338/john-m-blaska-1885-1957/ |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |date=May 28, 1957 |page=20 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate=June 5, 2020}} {{Open access}}</ref> He died on May 26, 1957.<ref name="Obit"/><ref>[http://family.blaska.com/Obituaries/jm_blaska.htm Obituary of John Blaska]</ref>
One of Blaska's sons, Jerome, also served in the Assembly.
==Political career== Blaska served as a Democratic member of the Assembly from 1948 to 1950.<ref name="Obit"/> In addition, he served on the Sun Prairie Town Board, the Dane County Board of Supervisors, and the county highway committee.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sun Prairie Man Runs for Assembly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53010803/john-m-blaska-1885-1957/ |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |date=July 14, 1948 |page=12 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate=June 8, 2020}} {{Open access}}</ref>
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==See also== *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#002.60.27 The Political Graveyard]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blaska, John}} Category:Farmers from Wisconsin Category:Wisconsin city council members Category:County supervisors in Wisconsin Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Category:1885 births Category:1957 deaths Category:People from Marshall, Dane County, Wisconsin Category:People from Medina (town), Wisconsin Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature