Harry Sauthoff

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Harry Sauthoff, Sr. (Harry Edward Sauthoff, June 3, 1879 – June 16, 1966), son of a German immigrant and brother of Dr. August Sauthoff, was a lawyer and politician from Madison, Wisconsin. A 1909 law graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he was district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin, from 1915 to 1919. In 1921 Sauthoff served as Secretary to Governor John J. Blaine and as a delegate to the International Conference on the St. Lawrence Deep Waterway in 1921.

Sauthoff served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1925 to 1929 before serving in the United States House of Representatives. He was elected as a Progressive in 1934 and served from 1935 to 1939, losing the 1938 election. He ran again in 1940 and won, serving again from 1941 to 1945. He was defeated in the 1944 election for the United States Senate, receiving 5.8 percent of the vote as a third-party candidate.

Preceded by Charles A. Kading

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district 1935-1939

Succeeded by Charles Hawks, Jr.

Preceded by Charles Hawks, Jr.

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district 1941-1945

Succeeded by Robert Kirkland Henry

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.