Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Sauerhering, Edward ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Smith Vickery http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0005998 October 29, 2014, 5:54 pm Source: Compiled and Published under under the direction of Henry Casson Author: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1897 EDWARD SAUERHERING (Rep.), of Mayville, Dodge county, was born at Mayville, June 24, 1864. He was educated in the Mayville public schools and high school and graduated from the Chicago College of Pharmacy in 1885. His occupation is that of a pharmacist. He was nominated for the assembly from the first district of Dodge county in 1892, but was defeated by the democratic candidate, and was elected to congress in 1894. He ran 130 votes ahead of his ticket in the district, receiving 18,197 votes, against 17,932 for Charles Barwig, democrat, 3,433 for John Sutton, prohibition, and 455 for B. W. Hewitt, populist. In 1896 he was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, receiving 24,011 votes, against 17,480 for William H. Rogers, democrat, and 1,025 for Jesse Meyers, prohibitionist. Additional Comments: Additional Comments: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under the direction of Henry Casson, Secretary of State 1897. SECOND DISTRICT. Jefferson, Dodge, Dane and Columbia counties. Population in 1895 -- 180,705. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1897/sauerher1167gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb