Career
Born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, Roethe went to Whitewater Normal State School. He then moved to Fennimore, Wisconsin where he bought and published a newspaper. Roethe served in the Wisconsin State Assembly 1907-1910, 1913-1914.
From 1917 to 1924, he was the state senator from the Sixteenth district.
He took his own life around August 16, 1939.
