Otto Lerche

Otto Lerche (born September 16, 1861) was a farmer and cement contractor from Potter, Wisconsin. He was elected in 1918 as a Socialist state representative, the first Socialist ever elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly from Calumet County.^[1] He served one term.^[2]

Lerche was born in the Town of Rantoul in Calumet County and was educated in the district schools. Prior to his election to the Assembly, he had been director of a mutual fire insurance company since 1886; school clerk since 1887, supervisor from 1893 to 1902, town clerk from 1902 to 1914; and had served as a justice of the peace. He was elected to the assembly in 1918, receiving 1,265 votes to 831 for James L. Cooneh, a Democrat.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Hunter, Paul, ed. The Wisconsin Blue Book: 1919. Madison: The State Printing Board, 1919; p. 476.
2. ^ Cannon, A. Peter, ed. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature: 1848 – 1999. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Informational Bulletin 99-1, September, 1999

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