Edward Sauerhering

Who was Edward Sauerhering?

Edward Sauerhering was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Mayville, Wisconsin, Sauerhering attended the public schools. He graduated from the Chicago College of Pharmacy in 1885. He engaged in the drug business in Chicago, Illinois, for three years. He returned to Mayville, Wisconsin, and continued in the same business.

Sauerhering was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses. He was the representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress. He was the Superintendent of the commission of public works of Mayville from 1909 till 1918. He was also engaged in the construction of waterworks. He was Justice of the Peace 1912-1920. He died in Mayville, Wisconsin, on March 1, 1924. He was interred in Graceland Cemetery.