Julius Edward Roehr
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 8th district
In office
1897–1908
Preceded byMichał Kruszka
Succeeded byJohn C. Kleczka
Personal details
Born(1860-03-06)March 6, 1860
Brooklyn, New York
DiedJanuary 31, 1930(1930-01-31) (aged 69)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican

Julius Edward Roehr was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Roehr was born on March 6, 1860, in Brooklyn, New York.[1] He moved to Wisconsin in 1873, settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Roehr graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and began practicing law.[2] He died in Milwaukee on January 31, 1930.[3]

Political career

Roehr was an unsuccessful candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1892. That year, he was also a candidate to be a superior court judge. He was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention before serving as a member of the Senate from 1897 to 1908.

References

  1. J. D. Beck, ed. (1907). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison: Democrat Printing Company. pp. 1127–1128.
  2. Halford Erickson, ed. (1903). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Milwaukee: Northwestern Litho. Co. p. 1079.
  3. "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP18-ZM38  : 18 July 2020), Julius E Roehr, 1930.
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