Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....KUSTERMANN, GUSTAV
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Author: Beck, J. D.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

Brown, Door, Kewaunee, Marinette, Oconto and Outagamie
counties. Population in 1900—179,097.

GUSTAV KUSTERMANN (Rep.), of Green Bay, was born in
Detmold, Germany, May 24, 1850; received his education at
the academy of his native city (Gymnasium Leopoldinum)
from which he graduated in 1861. After having been
employed for several years in a wholesale dry goods house
in Hamburg, Germany, he emigrated to the United States in
1888, settling in Green Bay, Wis., where he and his family
still reside; and where for over thirty years he was
engaged in the mercantile business. He has held various
public positions, and from 1893 to 1896 served as
postmaster of Green Bay. In 1901 he received the
appointment as member of the state board of control, of
which he became president in 1904. He was elected to the
60th congress in 1906, receiving 14,180 votes against
8,689 for Philip A. Badour (Dem.), and 547 for Joseph E.
Harris (Soc. Dem.). He was re-elected to the 61st congress
in 1908, receiving 13,563 votes against 15,249 for Luther
Lindauer (Dem.), and 783 for J. B. Harris (Soc. Dem.).

Additional Comments:
Beck, J. D. . The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin.
Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909.

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