Otto H. Luehrs (April 10, 1851 – August 30, 1934) was an American farmer and politician.
Born in Altona,
Duchy of Holstein, then part of
Denmark
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, Luehrs and his parents emigrated to the
United States
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in 1857 and settled in
Plymouth, Wisconsin. In 1867, Luehrs and his family moved to a farm in the town of
Charlestown,
Calumet County, Wisconsin. Luehrs served on the Charlestown Town Board and the school board, serving as the clerk of the school board. In 1917, Luehrs served in the
Wisconsin State Assembly
The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
and was a
Republican. In 1917, Luehrs and his wife moved to
New Holstein, Wisconsin
New Holstein is a city in Calumet County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 3,236 at the 2010 census. The city is located within the Town of New Holstein.
History
New Holstein is named after the Schleswig-Holstein region in ...
. He later served as justice of the peace for New Holstein. Luehrs died of a stroke in New Holstein, Wisconsin.
[Otto Luehrs, Former Calumet County Legislator, Stricken, ''The Sheboygan Press'', August 31, 1934, p. 2.]
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1851 births
1934 deaths
Emigrants from the German Confederation to the United States
People from New Holstein, Wisconsin
Farmers from Wisconsin
School board members in Wisconsin
Wisconsin city council members
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
20th-century American legislators
People from Plymouth, Wisconsin
People from Charlestown, Wisconsin
20th-century Wisconsin politicians