Julius Kiesner [SEP] position held
Julius Kiesner
Julius Kiesner was an American tire vulcanizer from Milwaukee who served five terms (1919–1928) as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Milwaukee's 9th Assembly district (the 9th and 10th wards).
He was born in Chilton, Wisconsin on Oct. 29, 1884 and was educated in the public schools of that city. He traveled extensively in the United States and Europe. In 1910, after moving to Milwaukee he joined the Socialist party.
In the Assembly.
He had never held public
that area and at West Bend High School. Upon leaving school, he moved to Milwaukee, where he learned carpentry and practiced that profession, later going into the teamster, trucking and garage business.
Public office.
He had never held public office until his successful 1928 bid for the Assembly, succeeding fellow Socialist Julius Kiesner. (He does not appear to have been related to Democrat Jacob Kehrein, who had once represented the same district for one term from 1903–04.)
Kehrein was elected to the Milwaukee County