Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....EDWARD, HENRY ALLEN December 1, 1873 - 
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REPRESENTATIVES 

SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Jefferson, Columbia, Dodge, Washington, Ozaukee and Sheboygan
counties.

EDWARD VOIGT (Rep.) of Sheboygan, was born in Bremen, Germany,
Dec. 1, 1873. He came to Milwaukee with his parents in 1884,
when 11 years of age, attended the public schools, worked in
law and insurance offices for a few years and entered the Law
College, University of Wisconsin 1896, graduating in 1899. He
immediately engaged in the practice of law in Sheboygan,
served as district attorney of Sheboygan county 1905 to 1911
and city attorney of Sheboygan 1913 to 1917. He was chosen in
convention as the Republican candidate for congress in 1914,
two weeks before election, following the sudden death of the
Republican nominee, but was defeated. He was elected to the
Sixty-fifth congress in 1916 and re-elected in 1918, 1920 and
1922.

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

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