Bernard J. Gehrmann

Bernard J. Gehrmann
Bernard J. Gehrmann
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Wisconsin's 10th district
	In office; January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943
Preceded by	Hubert H. Peavey
Succeeded by	Alvin O'Konski
Member of the Wisconsin Senate; from the 12th district
	In office; January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1957
Preceded by	Paul J. Rogan
Succeeded by	Clifford Krueger
	In office; January 2, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	James H. Carroll
Succeeded by	Joseph E. McDermid
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Ashland County district
	In office; January 6, 1947 – January 3, 1955
Preceded by	John C. Chapple
Succeeded by	Vic C. Wallin (Ashland–Bayfield)
	In office; January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933
Preceded by	Lawrence A. Lamoreux
Succeeded by	Clarence V. Olson
	In office; January 3, 1927 – January 7, 1929
Preceded by	Bernard F. Mathiowetz
Succeeded by	Lawrence A. Lamoreux
Personal details
Born	February 13, 1880; Gnesen, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	July 12, 1958 (aged 78); Mellen, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Mellen Union Cemetery, Mellen, Wisconsin
Political party	Progressive (1934–1946); Republican;
Spouse	Mary Ann Miller (m. 1904; died 1957)
Children	Arthur John Gehrmann; (b. 1905; died 1990); Joseph Edward Gehrmann; (b. 1906; died 1987); Leona M. (Henderson); (b. 1907; died 1970); Victor Bernard Gehrmann; (b. 1910; died 1991); John Anthony Gehrmann; (b. 1913; died 1981); Lorraine A. (Anderson); (b. 1914; died 2009); Dorothy Cecelia (Krogerson); (b. 1918; died 2014); Bernard Eugene Gehrmann; (b. 1920; died 2006); Edward Francis Gehrmann; (b. 1922; died 2006);
Occupation	Farmer

Bernard John Gehrmann (February 13, 1880 – July 12, 1958) was a German American immigrant, farmer, and Progressive Republican politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for four terms, representing Wisconsin's 10th congressional district from 1935 through 1943. He also served four years in the Wisconsin Senate and 12 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Ashland County.^[1]

Biography

Born in

Neillsville, in Clark County in 1896 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to a farm near Mellen, Wisconsin, in Ashland County

in 1915.

He served as clerk of the school board 1916–1934, town assessor 1916–1921, and chairman of the town board from 1921 to 1932. Gehrmann conducted farmers' institutes throughout the State for the

Wisconsin State Senate

in 1933 and 1934.

Gehrmann was elected as a

Seventy-eighth

Congress. He engaged in work for the United States Department of Agriculture from January 1943 to April 1945. Gehrmann was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1946, 1948, 1950, and 1952. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1954 for the term ending in January 1957.

He died of a heart attack in Mellen, Wisconsin, July 12, 1958.^[2] He was interred in Mellen Union Cemetery.

His son was Bernard E. Gehrmann, who also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.^[3]

References

^ Bernard J. Gehrmann at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
^
Newspapers.com.

^ "Bernard E. Gehrmann". Wisconsin State Journal, December 19, 2006.

Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded by Bernard F. Mathiowetz	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Ashland County district January 3, 1927 – January 7, 1929	Succeeded by Lawrence A. Lamoreux
Preceded by Lawrence A. Lamoreux	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Ashland County district January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933	Succeeded by Clarence V. Olson
Preceded by John C. Chapple	Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Ashland County district January 6, 1947 – January 3, 1955	Succeeded by Vic C. Wallin (Ashland–Bayfield)
Wisconsin Senate
Preceded by James H. Carroll	Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 12th district January 2, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Succeeded by Joseph E. McDermid
Preceded by Paul J. Rogan	Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 12th district January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1957	Succeeded by Clifford Krueger
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Hubert H. Peavey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 10th congressional district January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1943	Succeeded by Alvin O'Konski

[1] Bernard J. Gehrmann at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[obit-2] 
Newspapers.com.

[3] "Bernard E. Gehrmann". Wisconsin State Journal, December 19, 2006.

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