Harry Sauthoff

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Harry Sauthoff, Sr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945
Preceded by	Charles Hawks, Jr.
Succeeded by	Robert Kirkland Henry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939
Preceded by	Charles W. Henney
Succeeded by	Charles Hawks, Jr.
Personal details
Born	June 3, 1879 Madison, Wisconsin
Died	Madison, Wisconsin
Political party	Progressive

Harry Sauthoff, Sr. (Harry Edward Sauthoff, June 3, 1879 – June 16, 1966) was a lawyer and politician from Madison, Wisconsin. The son of a German immigrant, Sauthoff was a 1909 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School. He served as 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. In 1934 he was elected as a Progressive to the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. He served from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1939 as part of the 74th and 75th United States Congresses. He lost his reelection bid in the 1938 election. He ran again in 1940 and won, serving from January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1945 as part of the 77th and 78th Congresses. He was defeated in the 1944 election for the United States Senate, receiving 5.8 percent of the vote as a third-party candidate.

External links

• Harry Sauthoff at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles W. Henney	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district January 3, 1935 – January 3, 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 January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	Succeeded by Robert Kirkland Henry