- Charles H. Weisse
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Charles Herman Weisse (October 24, 1866 - October 8, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, Weisse attended the public schools and St. Paul Lutheran School. In 1880 started to work in a tannery and became a partner in 1888. He served as president of the city council of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin from 1893 to 1896. Treasurer of the school board 1897-1900. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1904 and 1908. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress.
Weisse was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He engaged in the manufacture of leather and in various other business enterprises in his native city. Weisse was accidentally killed in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, on October 8, 1919. He was interred in Falls Cemetery.
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United States House of Representatives Preceded by
James H. DavidsonUnited States Representative for the 6th Congressional District of Wisconsin
1903-1911Succeeded by
Michael Edmund Burke
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