Background
The son of a German immigrant, Sauthoff was a 1909 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School. Born on June 3 1879, Sauthoff was the son of August and Hermine Sauthoff.
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Harry Sauthoff
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He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1902.
Career
He held many political offices including being elected to the to the United States House of Representatives
After his undergraduate education he taught and coached for Lake Geneva High School and Northern Illinois State Normal School. He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University in 1905, compiling a record of 3–1–1. Sauthoff was also the head basketball coach at Northern Illinois for one season in 1905-1906.
He returned to University of Wisconsin to study law graduated 1909.
He served as district attorney of Dane County, Wisconsin from 1915 to 1919. In 1921 Sauthoff served as Secretary to Governor John Jay Blaine and as a delegate to the International Conference on the Saint 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.
Achievements
Politics
He was defeated in the 1944 election for the United States Senate, receiving 5.8 percent of the vote as a third-party candidate.
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Political Party
Wisconsin Progressive Party