Arthur Koegel (May 2, 1889 – May, 1974) was a Socialist bricklayer from Milwaukee who served five terms from 1933 to 1942 as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly .
14-1082: Koegel may refer to: People [ edit ] Arthur Koegel (born 1889–?), American politician in the Wisconsin State Assembly Debbie Koegel (born 1977), American ice dancer Erin Koegel (born 1982), American politician in the Minnesota House of Representatives Karl Kögel (1917–1945), German ice hockey player Max Koegel (1895–1946), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant Pete Koegel (1947–2023), American baseball player Robert Koegel , American psychologist Tim Koegel (born 1958), American football quarterback Warren Koegel (born 1949), American football player and college athletics administrator Companies [ edit ] Koegel Meat Company , headquartered in Flint Township, Michigan, United States Kögel Trailer ,
28-461: A united Democratic and Republican front in 1938 which swept most of them out of office, including Philip La Follette. The party effectively collapsed when Philip went off to serve in the Pacific War during World War II . During La Follette's absence, the party failed to formulate a coherent party platform and instead opted to criticize the governor at the time, Julius P. Heil . Orland Steen Loomis
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56-524: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Arthur Koegel Arthur Koegel was born May 2, 1889, in Milwaukee. He graduated from local public schools and became a bricklayer. As of his 1932 election, he had been a member of the Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union of America for 24 years, and had never held public office. Koegel
70-703: The 1944 race (ahead of the Republican and the Progressive); and third in the 1950 race, behind the Republican challenger as well as the Democrat. Wisconsin Progressive Party The Wisconsin Progressive Party (1934–1946) was a political party that briefly held a dominant role in Wisconsin politics. The Party was the brainchild of Philip La Follette and Robert M. La Follette, Jr. ,
84-625: The Assembly's standing committee on elections . In 1934, he was again unopposed in the primary, and received 2243 votes, to 1639 for Democrat Fred Stich, 1206 for Progressive Rudolph Korthals, and 665 for Republican George Becker. For the new session, he was assigned to the Assembly Committees on Contingent Expenditures and on State Affairs. In 1936, under the Socialist/Progressive electoral fusion arrangement then prevailing, he
98-687: The Assembly's Committee on Labor. In 1940, he again faced primary opposition, prevailing over challenger Ludwigsen by over 3:1. In the general election, he pulled 4248 votes, to 3973 for Republican Martin E. Schreiber and 1828 for Democrat Clarence Findley. He remained on the Labor Committee. In 1942, although unopposed in the Socialist primary (fusion having ended), he lost the general election, polling only 818 votes to 2696 for Republican Schreiber and 1652 for Progressive Walter Ensslin. He would twice attempt to reclaim his Assembly seat, coming in second in
112-745: The La Follette brothers were both successful in their bids, and the party saw a number of other victories as well in the 1934 and 1936 elections, notably winning several U.S. House seats and a majority of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly in 1936. In 1936 it was informally allied with the New Deal coalition and supported the reelection of President Franklin Roosevelt . Their grip on power proved short-lived: they succumbed to
126-534: The Progressive Party usually did not run candidates in the Socialists (known as the " sewer socialists ") stronghold of Milwaukee . There were strong ideological differences between the two movements as the two aligned with differing national parties. (Socialist State Representative George L. Tews said during a 1932 debate on unemployment compensation and how to fund it argued for the Socialist bill and against
140-587: The Progressive substitute, stating that a Progressive was "a Socialist with the brains knocked out"), when both faced opposition from the conservative major parties. During the period from 1939 on, the Progressives and the Socialists of Milwaukee sometimes made common cause, with Socialist legislators caucusing with the minority Progressives. In 1942, Socialist Frank P. Zeidler , later to be elected mayor of Milwaukee,
154-574: The sons of the famous Wisconsin Governor and Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. The party was established in 1934 as an alliance between the longstanding "Progressive" faction of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, led by the La Follette family and their political allies, and certain radical farm and labor groups active in Wisconsin at the time. Buoying off of popular discontent with both major parties,
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#1732854747207168-508: Was elected in November 1932 to the Assembly from the seventh Milwaukee County district (seventh ward of the City of Milwaukee), succeeding fellow Socialist Philip Wenz , who did not run for re-election. Koegel was unopposed in the primary election , and in the general election polled 3063 votes, to 2960 for Democrat Charles Jungman, and 1537 for Republican Robert Scheffing. He was assigned to
182-659: Was for the first time opposed in the primary, although he defeated his opponent Mueller by over 2:1. He then won the general election, with 4741 votes to 3223 for Democrat Robert Lange. For the new session, he remained on State Affairs and was assigned to the Committee on Taxation. In 1938 he was again unopposed in the Progressive/Socialist primary, and won re-election by 3030 votes, to 2048 for Republican George Schroeder, 1294 for Democrat Lange, and 69 votes for Herta Welch of William Lemke 's Union Party . He transferred to
196-419: Was the last Progressive to be elected Governor of Wisconsin, in the 1942 election. He died, however, before his inauguration as governor. Robert La Follette Jr. held on to his Senate seat until 1946, when the party decided to disband itself. Robert La Follette ran for re-election that year as a Republican rather than a Progressive, but was defeated in the Republican primary by Joe McCarthy . During its heyday,
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