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Charles August Kading
1874 - 1956
1904
07 12 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 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
07 17 August
Kading, brother of District Attorney C. A. Kading, formed co-partnership with John G. Bachhuber of Juneau.
WG
1910
06 03 District
Attorney C. A. Kading came up from Watertown last
Tuesday in his new Overland auto. It is
one of the “slickest" looking cars that has come
to Juneau for some time. Mr. Kading was accompanied by District Attorney R. W. Lueck, of Jefferson County, and by Attorney Otto Hahn of
Watertown. —[Juneau Telephone].
11 04 Charles. A. Kading
for District Attorney of Dodge County
It is seldom that a
candidate for public office gives such general satisfaction to the voters and
taxpayers that he has no opposition at the primary election from within his own
party for a third term, and especially when that office has a good salary attached
to it—such is the case, however, with Charles A. Kading
of this city, candidate for District Attorney of Dodge County on the democratic
ticket.
Mr. Kading's
administration of that office for the past four years has been so eminently
satisfactory that his party decided to renominate him
and did renominate him at the primary election last
September without opposition, and without solicitation or effort on his
part.
His nomination for the
third time is a great compliment to him, and on Tuesday next we expect him to
carry Dodge County, so noted for great democratic majorities, by the largest
majority ever given a candidate for office in that county. He is the only democratic candidate for
office in this end of Dodge County, and of course the voters of Shields, Emmet,
the 5th and 6th wards of this city, Lebanon, etc., will take particular
interest in supporting him. It is
universally admitted he is one of the ablest district attorneys Dodge County
has ever had, and that county's interests have always been looked after by him
with care and caution, and at the same time he has been fair in his prosecution
of evil doers when he felt in conscience that they were entitled to
consideration—never being over-anxious to convict just for the sake of making a
record for convictions, as too many lawyers nowadays are. Courteous, kind and civil, to both friend and
foe, it is no wonder that
his own party has once more decided to do all in its power to re-elect him to
the office of District Attorney of Dodge County. WG
1911 Ad
1956
06 19 / WDT
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:
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
