Charles H. Weisse
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Charles Herman Weisse was a U.S. Representative
from Wisconsin
.
Born near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
, Weisse attended the public schools and St. Paul Lutheran School.
In 1880 started to work in a tannery and became a partner in 1888.
He served as president of the city council of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
from 1893 to 1896.
Treasurer of the school board 1897-1900.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1904 and 1908.
He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress.
Weisse was elected as a Democrat
to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.
He engaged in the manufacture of leather and in various other business enterprises in his native city.
Weisse was accidentally killed in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
, on October 8, 1919.
He was interred in Falls Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
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from Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
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Born near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Falls is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States whose population was 6,772 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, Weisse attended the public schools and St. Paul Lutheran School.
In 1880 started to work in a tannery and became a partner in 1888.
He served as president of the city council of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Falls is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States whose population was 6,772 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
from 1893 to 1896.
Treasurer of the school board 1897-1900.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1904 and 1908.
He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress.
Weisse was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1911).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.
He engaged in the manufacture of leather and in various other business enterprises in his native city.
Weisse was accidentally killed in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin
Sheboygan Falls is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States whose population was 6,772 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, on October 8, 1919.
He was interred in Falls Cemetery.