Henry F. Hagemeister

Henry F. Hagemeister
From the Wisconsin Blue Book
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 2nd district
In office January 7, 1901 – January 4, 1909
Preceded by	Andrew Caldwell Mailer
Succeeded by	Timothy Burke
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Brown 1st district
In office January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897
Preceded by	Albert L. Gray
Succeeded by	Thomas J. McGrath
Personal details
Born	(1855-11-18)November 18, 1855 Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	June 27, 1915(1915-06-27) (aged 59) Door County, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery, Allouez, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican (1900s) Natl. Democratic (1896–1900) Democratic (before 1896)

Henry Frank Hagemeister (November 18, 1855 – June 27, 1915) was an American brewer, banker, and politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He represented Brown County for eight years in the Wisconsin Senate (1901–1909) as a Republican, and for four years in the State Assembly (1893–1897) as a Democrat.^[1]

Biography

Henry Hagemeister was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1855, and educated in the parochial and public schools of Green Bay. He would go on to work in brewing and banking, as the president of the Hagemeister Brewing Company, and president of Kellogg's National Bank.^[2]

He died on June 27, 1915, at his home near Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin,^[3] and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Allouez, Wisconsin.

Political career

Before being elected to the Assembly in 1892, Hagemeister was a member of the Green Bay city council and the Brown County board of supervisors, and was chairman of the county board while in the Assembly. He served in the Assembly for two terms, and later in the Senate from 1901 to 1909.

While in the Assembly, he was a member of the Democratic Party, but split with the party—like several other prominent Wisconsin Democrats—over the nomination of William Jennings Bryan and the party's turn toward populism. He first joined with the "Gold Democrats" and then became a progressive Republican.^[4]

Running on the Republican ticket, he was elected to the Wisconsin Senate in 1900 and was re-elected in 1904, leaving office in 1909.^[5]

References

1. "Henry F. Hagemeister". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
2. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1903 edition. 1903. pp. 1, 077.
3. "Badger News Briefly Told: Henry Hagemeister". The Gazette. July 7, 1915. p. 9. Retrieved March 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Want Sound Money Men". Green Bay Press-Gazette. August 26, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved January 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Biographical Sketches: Henry F. Hagemeister". The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Retrieved 2011-10-10.