1. Theobald Otjen was a US Representative from Wisconsin.
10 Facts About Theobald Otjen
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Theobald Otjen was employed as foreman in the rolling mill of the Milwaukee Iron Co.
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Theobald Otjen graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor on March 25,1875.
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Theobald Otjen was admitted to the bar at Ann Arbor in 1875 and commenced practice in Detroit, Michigan.
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Theobald Otjen was an unsuccessful candidate for comptroller of the city in April 1892.
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Theobald Otjen was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the 53rd Congress and in 1893 to the same Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John L Mitchell.
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Theobald Otjen was eventually elected as a Republican to the 54th and to the five succeeding Congresses as the representative of Wisconsin's 4th congressional district.
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Theobald Otjen was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906.
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Theobald Otjen resumed the practice of law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Theobald Otjen married Louisa Elizabeth Heames, daughter of prominent Detroit civil engineer Henry Heames, in Detroit on March 27,1879, and had five children between 1880 and 1892.