13 Facts About Harry Sauthoff

Harry Edward Sauthoff was an American teacher, coach, lawyer and politician from Madison, Wisconsin.

Harry Sauthoff was the son of a German immigrant and held many political offices including being elected to the United States House of Representatives for four terms in the mid-20th century.

Harry Sauthoff was born on June 3,1879, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Harry Sauthoff was a 1909 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Harry Sauthoff served as district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin from 1915 to 1919.

In 1921 Sauthoff served as Secretary to Governor John J Blaine.

Harry Sauthoff served as a delegate to the International Conference on the St Lawrence Deep Waterway and the Mississippi Valley Conference on Mississippi River Improvement in 1921.

Harry Sauthoff served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1925 to 1929.

Harry Sauthoff served from January 3,1935 to January 3,1939 as part of the 74th and 75th United States Congresses.

Harry Sauthoff lost his reelection bid in the 1938 election.

Harry Sauthoff ran again in 1940 and won, serving from January 3,1941 to January 3,1945 as part of the 77th and 78th Congresses.

Harry Sauthoff was defeated in the 1944 election for the United States Senate, receiving 5.8 percent of the vote as a third-party candidate.

Harry Sauthoff was buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison.