Charles Barwig (March 19, 1837February 15, 1912) was a German American immigrant, businessman, and Democratic politician. He served three terms in the

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, representing the east-central part of

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Biography

Born in

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in the

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, Barwig immigrated to the

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in 1845 with his parents, who settled in

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. He attended the public schools and graduated from the Spencerian Business College in Milwaukee in 1857. He moved to

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, in 1865 and engaged in the wholesale liquor business. He served as mayor of Mayville from 1886 until 1888. Barwig was elected as a

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to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889March 3, 1895) as the representative of

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. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Fifty-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He engaged in the real estate business. He died in Mayville, Wisconsin, on February 15, 1912, and was interred in Mayville's Graceland Cemetery. Barwig's son, Byron Barwig, also served as mayor of Mayville and was elected to the

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