Charles Herman Weisse (October 24, 1866 – October 8, 1919) was a

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from

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.'C. H. Weiss Meets Tragic Death,' Sheboygan Press, October 9, 1919, pg. 1 Born near

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, Weisse attended the public schools and St. Paul Lutheran School. In 1880, he started to work in a

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and later became a partner in 1888. He served as president of the city council of

from 1893 to 1896. He was

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of the

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from 1897 till 1900. He served as

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to the

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s in 1904 and 1908. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress. Weisse was elected as a

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to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911). He represented

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. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910 to the

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. He engaged in the manufacture of leather and in various other business enterprises in his native city. Weisse was accidentally killed in

, on October 8, 1919. He was interred in Falls Cemetery.

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