William C. Rauschenberger

{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = William C. Rauschenberger

|image = William G. Rauschenberger.jpg

|office = 32nd Mayor of Milwaukee

|term_start = 1896

|term_end = 1898

|predecessor = John C. Koch

|successor = David S. Rose

|birth_date = {{birth date|1855|12|6}}

|birth_place = Soldin, Prussia

|death_date = {{death date and age|1918|4|6|1855|12|6}}

|death_place =

|party = Republican

| spouse = Ida Anger

| children = 2

}}

William C. Rauschenberger (December 6, 1855 – April 6, 1918) was a Republican politician who served as mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1896 to 1898.

Rauschenberger was born in Soldin, Prussia, to John and Amalie Rauschenberger in 1855; they moved to Wisconsin in 1860. William Rauschenberger held a number of offices in Milwaukee, including alderman, school commissioner, president of the school board, and president of the Common Council. He was elected mayor in 1896 and served a two-year term.'History of Milwaukee, City and County,' Josial Curry Seymour, S.J. Clarke Company: Milwaukee, 1922, Biographical Sketch of William C. Rauschenberger, pg. 578-579

As Common Council President, he dedicated the finished Milwaukee City Hall.[http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/wi/Milwaukee%20City%20Hall.pdf Milwaukee City Hall] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060724070206/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/wi/Milwaukee%20City%20Hall.pdf |date=2006-07-24 }}

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before=John C. Koch|

title=Mayor of Milwaukee|

years=1896–1898|

after=David S. Rose

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