Background
Voigt, Edward was born on December 1, 1873 in Bremen, Germany. Son of Charles and Helen (Helmers) Voigt.
United States representative lawyer politician
Voigt, Edward was born on December 1, 1873 in Bremen, Germany. Son of Charles and Helen (Helmers) Voigt.
Brought to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 11. Bachelor of Laws, University of Wisconsin, 1899.
He was employed in law and insurance offices for several years. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Sheboygan. He served as district attorney of Sheboygan County from 1905 to 1911.
He was also the city attorney for Sheboygan from 1913 to 1917.
Voigt was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the four succeeding es (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1927) as the representative to Wisconsin"s 2nd congressional district. On April 5, 1917, he voted against declaring war on Germany.
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1924. He resumed the practice of law in Sheboygan, Wisconsin after congress.
Voigt was elected in 1928 as a judge of the fourth judicial Wisconsin Circuit Court.
He served from January 1929 until his death at his summer home at Crystal Lake (in rural Sheboygan County near Elkhart Lake) on August 26, 1934. He was interred in Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Member 65th to 69th Congresses (1917-1927), 2d Wisconsin
Married Hattie Wellhausen, October 10, 1910.