Edward Voigt

Edward Voigt

Edward Voigt (born December 1, 1873 in Bremen , †  August 26, 1934 in Sheboygan , Wisconsin ) was a German-American politician . Between 1917 and 1927 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1883, Edward Voigt's family emigrated from Germany to the United States, where they settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There he attended public schools. In the following years he worked as an employee in various insurance and law firms. After studying law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his admission to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Sheboygan. Between 1905 and 1911 he served as the district attorney in Sheboygan County ; from 1913 to 1917 he was an attorney for Sheboygan City.

Politically, Voigt was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1916 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Wisconsin Second Constituency . There he took over from Michael E. Burke on March 4, 1917 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1927 . During this time the First World War fell . In 1919 and 1920, the 18th and 19th amendments were passed in Congress. In 1924 Voigt was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where US President Calvin Coolidge was nominated for another term.

In 1926 Voigt renounced another candidacy for the US House of Representatives. After that he worked again as a lawyer. Since 1929 he was a judge in the Wisconsin Fourth Judicial District. He held this office until his death on August 26, 1934 during a summer stay in Crystal Lake near Sheboygan. He was buried in Milwaukee.

Web links

• Edward Voigt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Voigt in the database of Find a Grave (English)