Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....BERGER, VICTOR L. February 28, 1860 - 
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REPRESENTATIVES 

FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

The 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 19th,
20th, 21st, 22nd and 25th wards, city of Milwaukee, the towns
of Granville and Milwaukee, and the villages of North
Milwaukee, east Milwaukee and Whitefish Bay, all in Milwaukee
county.

VICTOR L. BERGER (Soc.) was the first Socialist ever elected
to congress, having been a member of the Sixty-Second
Congress. He was born Feb. 28, 1860 in Nieder-Rehbach,
Austria, and was educated in the Universities of Budapest and
Vienna. He is a member of the International Typographical
Union and often served as a delegate to the conventions of the
American Federation of Labor. He was one of the founders of
the Socialist party and except at short intervals has been a
member of its National Executive Committee since its
organization, and has represented the party in America at
various times in International Socialist Congresses and in the
sessions of the International Socialist Bureau in Brussels. He
is editor of the Milwaukee Leader. He was the Socialist
candidate for United States Senator in the special election in
April, 1918, and was elected to Congress in November, but was
not seated. In November, 1922, he was elected a member of
congress.

Additional Comments:
The Wisconsin Blue Book. The State Printing Board, 1923. 598-
640. 

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