Michael Katzban [SEP] position held
Michael Katzban
Michael Katzban (September 11, 1876 - July 3, 1962) was a core molder and insurance salesman from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served one term as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Background.
Katzban was born in Lemont, in Cook County, Illinois, on September 11, 1876. He came to Milwaukee in 1886, attended public and parochial schools, and learned the trade of core molder, which he continued to practice. He joined the Molders Union around 1898, and held
lost to Socialist Michael Katzban, who polled 1,328 votes, to 1,184 for Szymarek and 440 for Republican Leo Kelpinski.
After the Assembly.
In 1913, he was working as a street inspector for the City of Milwaukee.