C. F. Viebahn
{{Short description|American politician (1842–1915)}}
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| name = C. F. Viebahn
| image = Charles F. Viebahn.png
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| birth_name = Charles F. Viebahn
| birth_date = {{Birth date text|1842}}
| birth_place = Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1915|03|17|1842||}}
| death_place = Watertown, Wisconsin
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| other_names =
| occupation = Educator, politician
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
- {{Marriage|Lona Fischer|1868|1893|end=d.}}
- {{Marriage|Josephine Hall|1895}}
}}
| children = 1
| awards =
| education = University of Wisconsin-Madison
| party = Democratic
| office = Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
| constituency = Jefferson County First District
| term_start = 1908
| term_end = 1910
}}
Charles F. Viebahn (1842 – March 17, 1915) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Viebahn was born in what is now Germany in 1842.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AEwNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1121 |chapter=Biographical Sketches |title=Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |year=1909 |publisher=State of Wisconsin |pages=1121–1122 |access-date=2014-01-23 |via=Google Books}} In 1851, he moved with his parents to Baraboo, Wisconsin.{{cite web|url=http://www.watertownhistory.org/articles/Viebahn_Charles.htm|title=Professor Charles Viebahn|publisher=Watertown Historical Society|access-date=2014-01-23}} He attended what is now the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later became principal of Watertown High School in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Viehbahn married Lona Fischer in 1868. They had one son before her death in 1893. In 1895, Viebahn married Josephine Hall, a mother of two. He died of pneumonia at his home in Watertown on March 17, 1915.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45987984/passing-of-an-educator/ |title=Passing of an Educator |newspaper=Stevens Point Journal |page=1 |date=1915-03-19 |access-date=2020-03-02 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Political career
Viebahn was elected to the Assembly in 1908. Additionally, he was Superintendent of Schools of Watertown, as well as of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin and Sauk County, Wisconsin. He was a Democrat.
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Category:Politicians from Baraboo, Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Sauk County, Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Watertown, Wisconsin
Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:Educators from Wisconsin
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Wisconsin
Category:19th-century American people
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
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