- Edward Voigt
Edward Voigt (
December 1 ,1873 -August 26 ,1934 ) was a U.S. Representative fromWisconsin .Early life
Voight was born in
Bremen, Germany . He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled inMilwaukee, Wisconsin in 1883. He was employed in law and insurance office for several years. He was graduated from law department of theUniversity of Wisconsin at Madison in 1899. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Sheboygan. He served as district attorney of Sheboygan County from 1905 to 1911. He was the city attorney for Sheboygan from 1913 to 1917.Congress
Voigt was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1917 -March 3 ,1927 ). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress. He served as delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1924.Career after Congress
He resumed the practice of law in
Sheboygan, Wisconsin after congress. Voigt was elected in 1928 as a judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Wisconsin. He served from January 1929 until his death at his summer home at Crystal Lake (in rural Sheboygan County near Elkhart Lake) onAugust 26 ,1934 . He was interred in Forest Home Cemetery inMilwaukee, Wisconsin .References
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