11 Facts About Julius Wechselberg

Julius Wechselberg was a German American immigrant, carriage maker, lawyer, real estate broker, and Republican politician.

Julius Wechselberg was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing southern Milwaukee County in the 1885 and 1887 sessions.

Julius Wechselberg received a common school and commercial education, and settled at Milwaukee, where he first went to work for a carriage maker at a salary of $30 a year.

Julius Wechselberg went on to develop what is the North Grant Boulevard Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Julius Wechselberg was alderman of his ward from 1872 to 1876, and was then elected clerk of circuit court of Milwaukee County, serving from 1877 to 1883; during this period, he studied law and became an attorney.

Julius Wechselberg declined re-nomination in 1882 to devote more time to his real estate business.

Julius Wechselberg represented Wisconsin's 6th State Senate district, which then comprised the 5th, 8th, 11th and 12th wards of the city of Milwaukee, as well as the towns of Franklin, Greenfield, Lake and Oak Creek, which roughly comprised the southern half of Milwaukee County.

Julius Wechselberg did not run for re-election in 1888, and was succeeded in office by Herman Kroeger, who was elected as a nominal Democrat but changed his party affiliation to Union Labor.

In 1892, Julius Wechselberg was the Republican nominee for United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, losing to Democratic incumbent George Brickner due to Brickner's margins in the portions of the district outside Milwaukee County.

Julius Wechselberg was an alternate delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention.

Julius Wechselberg was described in a 1922 Milwaukee Telegram article as "the oldest realtor in Milwaukee", as well as the oldest member and dean of past masters of the Kilbourn Masonic Lodge.