Arnold Huchting
Arnold Huchting (October 15, 1828 – April 16, 1901) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
[edit]Huchting was born in 1828 in Bremen, Germany.[1][2][3] He spent time in Australia and India (in 1847)[2] before immigrating to the United States in 1852.[1][2] He initially lived in the southern United States, and he married Louise Wetter in Savannah, Georgia, in 1860.[1][2] He then moved to Madison, Wisconsin, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He became an officer of the Madison Fire Department in 1861[4] and was a member of the Madison Turn-Verein in the 1860s.[5] Huchting committed suicide in 1901 while suffering from sciatic rheumatism.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Huchting was a member of the Assembly in 1882. He was a merchant by trade.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Huchting Suicides". Wood County Reporter. April 18, 1901. p. 2. Retrieved August 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e "Flucht in's Jenseits". Deutsche Correspondent. April 17, 1901. p. 3. Retrieved August 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Biographical Sketches". Wisconsin Blue Book. 1882. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ "Madison Fire Department". The Daily Milwaukee News. March 21, 1861. p. 1. Retrieved August 31, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Madison Turn-Verein Masquerade Ball!". Wisconsin State Journal. January 26, 1861. p. 1. Retrieved September 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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- Emigrants from the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
- Immigrants to colonial Australia
- People from British India
- Immigrants to the United States
- Politicians from Madison, Wisconsin
- Politicians from Milwaukee
- Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 1828 births
- 1901 deaths
- 1901 suicides
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- Suicides by firearm in Wisconsin
- Multiple gunshot suicides
- 19th-century American merchants
- 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature