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Charles August Kading

1874 - 1956

1904

07 12 1904

C. A. Kading, of Watertown, who is at the Plankinton, is an attorney who is so modest that he fears publicity. He says: "I never feel that a beginner like myself should ever get into the public prints. If I was an old and successful practitioner like Jim Malone or Judge Lamb of our town, you could no doubt get an interesting talk out of me. Now I am obliged to hide my modest rush light under a tin can or a half bushel."

1906

04 11 1906

There is no earthly reason why C. A. Kading should not again be elected city attorney. He has been a very efficient official and deserves re-election at the hands of the common council as an endorsement for services faithfully rendered. The same is equally true of Frank S. Weber, our respected and painstaking and efficient city clerk. The city never had a better one and it is always good business sense and judgment to keep good men in office. The Leader has not heard any opposition to either of the gentlemen named and there probably will be none, for all recognize their worth in the positions they held.

1908

August Kading, brother of District Attorney C. A. Kading, formed co-partnership with John G. Bachhuber of Juneau. 07 17 WG

1956

Watertown Daily Times, 06 19 1956

KADING, Charles August, (1874 - 1956)

914 Clyman St

Charles A. Kading, 82, 914 Clyman Street, senior member of the law firm of Kading and Kading, a former mayor of Watertown and former congressman from this, the Second District, died at St. Mary's Hospital at 12:40 a.m. today, following a heart attack. He entered the hospital yesterday morning. Mr. Kading had been active almost to the last, being at his office regularly. As a small boy he began his education in the district school near the home place, later attending the Lowell grade school in the village. His summer vacations were spent helping with the work on the farm.

From Biographical Directory of the U. S. Congress

914 Clyman St, 2006

KADING, Charles August, (1874 - 1956)

KADING, Charles August, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Lowell, Dodge County, Wis., January 14, 1874; attended the country schools, Lowell graded school, Horicon High School, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison; was graduated from the law department of Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., in 1900; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Watertown, Wis.; also interested in agricultural pursuits; city attorney of Watertown 1905-1912; district attorney for Dodge County, Wis., 1906-1912; mayor of Watertown 1914-1916; elected as a Republican to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed the practice of law; died in Watertown, Wis., June 19, 1956; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Cross references:

1874 - 1956, Obit

1900, Marriage to Elizabeth Holste

1916, Fire at Masonic Temple office

Kading, C A, Attorney 1906, cartoonist drawing, WDT series, Men in the Public Eye, WHS_005_440