Jacob Kehrein

Jacob Kehrein (born December 5, 1846) was a Prussian-born American schoolteacher and a Democratic Party politician who served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly .

Early life and education [ edit ]

Kehrein was born in Kroetzenach , Kingdom of Prussia , on December 5, 1846; he immigrated with his family to the United States in 1848, and settled in Milwaukee in 1867. He received a common school education, and became a teacher .

Elected office [ edit ]

After one term as a justice of the peace , and ten years as chairman of his ward , Kehrein was elected to the Assembly in 1902 for the 9th district of Milwaukee County (9th ward of the City of Milwaukee ), succeeding fellow Democrat John C. Karel . Kehrein received 1,043 votes against 1,031 for Republican George Christianson, 939 for Social Democrat Edmund J. Berner , and 40 for independent Louis Ziener. ^[1]

He was defeated for re-election in 1904 in a re-match with Social Democrat Berner, who garnered 1,348 votes to 1,168 votes for Republican Frank Mueller, 844 votes for Kehrein, and 28 votes for Independent Republican Elias Lehman. ^[2] He was the Democratic nominee again in 1906, losing once more to Berner, with 539 votes to Berner's 1,147 and Republican A. H. Lambeck's 902. ^[3]

He does not appear to have been any relation to Socialist Otto Kehrein , who would later represent the same district in the Assembly.

References [ edit ]

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[1] Erickson, Halford, ed. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin , 1903; p. 1106

[2] Erickson, Halford (ed.). The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin , Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1905; pp. 1108-1109

[3] Beck, J. D., ed. The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1907; p. 1162

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