Arthur Koegel
Arthur Koegel (May 2, 1889 – May, 1974) was a Socialist bricklayer from Milwaukee who served five terms from 1933 to 1942 as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1]
Background
Arthur Koegel was born May 2, 1889, in Milwaukee. He graduated from local public schools and became a bricklayer. As of his 1932 election, he had been a member of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America for 24 years, and had never held public office.[2]
Assembly service
Koegel was elected in November 1932 to the Assembly from the seventh
In 1934, he was again unopposed in the primary, and received 2243 votes, to 1639 for Democrat Fred Stich, 1206 for Progressive Rudolph Korthals, and 665 for Republican George Becker.[6] For the new session, he was assigned to the Assembly Committees on Contingent Expenditures and on State Affairs.[7]
In 1936, under the Socialist/Progressive
In 1938 he was again unopposed in the Progressive/Socialist primary, and won re-election by 3030 votes, to 2048 for Republican George Schroeder, 1294 for Democrat Lange, and 69 votes for Herta Welch of William Lemke's Union Party.[11] He transferred to the Assembly's Committee on Labor.[12]
In 1940, he again faced primary opposition, prevailing over challenger Ludwigsen by over 3:1. In the general election, he pulled 4248 votes, to 3973 for Republican Martin E. Schreiber and 1828 for Democrat Clarence Findley. He remained on the Labor Committee.
In 1942, although unopposed in the Socialist primary (fusion having ended), he lost the general election, polling only 818 votes to 2696 for Republican Schreiber and 1652 for Progressive Walter Ensslin. He would twice attempt to reclaim his Assembly seat, coming in second in the 1944 race (ahead of the Republican and the Progressive); and third in the 1950 race, behind the Republican challenger as well as the Democrat.
References
- ^ Cannon, A. Peter, ed. Members of the Wisconsin Legislature: 1848 – 1999. State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Informational Bulletin 99-1, September 1999 Archived 2006-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ He died in 1974 in Oconomowoc. Witte, Edwin E. & Kelly, Alice, eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1933 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1933; p. 245.
- ^ Witte, Edwin E. & Kelly, Alice, eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1933 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1933; p. 547
- ^ Witte, Edwin E. & Kelly, Alice, eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1933 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1933; p. 547
- ^ Witte, Edwin E. & Kelly, Alice, eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1933 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1933; p. 208.
- ^ Ohm, Howard F.; Bryhan, Leone G., eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1935 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1935; pp. 559, 627
- ^ Ohm, Howard F.; Bryhan, Leone G., eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1935 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1935; p. 242
- ^ Ohm, Howard F. & Bryhan, Leone G., eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1937 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1937; p. 361
- ^ Ohm, Howard F. & Bryhan, Leone G., eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1937 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1937; p. 432
- ^ Ohm, Howard F. & Bryhan, Leone G., eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1937 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1937; p. 542
- ^ Ohm, Howard F. & Bryhan, Leone G., eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1940 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1940; pp. 551, 619
- ^ Ohm, Howard F. & Bryhan, Leone G., eds. The Wisconsin blue book, 1940 Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1940; p. 265