businessman, politician, Congressman, b. Detmold, Germany. He graduated from the gymnasium in Detmold (1864), and in 1868 migrated to the U.S. and to Wisconsin, settling in Green Bay where he became the proprietor of a music store and eventually was associated with several business enterprises. He held local political offices, and from 1892 to 1896 was postmaster of Green Bay. He was a member (1901-1907) and president (1904-1907) of the Wisconsin state board of control. A Republican, he was elected to Congress in 1906, and served two terms (Mar., 1907 Mar., 1911). Defeated for re-election in 1910, he returned to his business interests in Green Bay. Biog. Dir. Amer. Cong. (1928); Wis. Blue Book (1909); Green Bay Press-Gazette, Dec. 26, 1919.Learn More
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[Source: Blue book]
