Bernard J. Gehrmann

Bernard John Gehrmann (February 13, 1880 – July 12, 1958) was a German American immigrant, farmer, and Progressive Republican politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for four terms, representing Wisconsin's 10th congressional district from 1935 through 1943. He also served four years in the Wisconsin Senate and 12 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Ashland County.

Bernard J. Gehrmann
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 10th district
In office January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943
Preceded by	Hubert H. Peavey
Succeeded by	Alvin O'Konski
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 12th district
In office January 3, 1955 – January 7, 1957
Preceded by	Paul J. Rogan
Succeeded by	Clifford Krueger
In office January 2, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	James H. Carroll
Succeeded by	Joseph E. McDermid
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Ashland County district
In office January 6, 1947 – January 3, 1955
Preceded by	John C. Chapple
Succeeded by	Vic C. Wallin (Ashland–Bayfield)
In office January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933
Preceded by	Lawrence A. Lamoreux
Succeeded by	Clarence V. Olson
In office January 3, 1927 – January 7, 1929
Preceded by	Bernard F. Mathiowetz
Succeeded by	Lawrence A. Lamoreux
Personal details
Born	(1880-02-13)February 13, 1880 Gnesen, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	July 12, 1958(1958-07-12) (aged 78) Mellen, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Mellen Union Cemetery, Mellen, Wisconsin
Political party	Progressive (1934–1946) Republican
Spouse	Mary Ann Miller ​ ​ (m. 1904; died 1957)​
Children	Arthur John Gehrmann (b. 1905; died 1990) Joseph Edward Gehrmann (b. 1906; died 1987) Leona M. (Henderson) (b. 1907; died 1970) Victor Bernard Gehrmann (b. 1910; died 1991) John Anthony Gehrmann (b. 1913; died 1981) Lorraine A. (Anderson) (b. 1914; died 2009) Dorothy Cecelia (Krogerson) (b. 1918; died 2014) Bernard Eugene Gehrmann (b. 1920; died 2006) Edward Francis Gehrmann (b. 1922; died 2006)
Occupation	Farmer

Biography

Born in Gnesen, near Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany, Gehrmann attended the common schools in Germany. In 1893, Gehrmann immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chicago, Illinois. He was employed in a packing plant in Chicago, Illinois, and later learned the printing trade on a German-language daily newspaper. He attended night school. He moved to Wisconsin and settled on a farm near Neillsville, in Clark County in 1896 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to a farm near Mellen, Wisconsin, in Ashland County in 1915.

He served as clerk of the school board 1916–1934, town assessor 1916–1921, and chairman of the town board from 1921 to 1932. Gehrmann conducted farmers' institutes throughout the State for the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture from 1920 to 1933. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1927 to 1933. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1932. He served as member of the Wisconsin State Senate in 1933 and 1934.

Gehrmann was elected as a Progressive to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943). He represented Wisconsin's 10th congressional district. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress. He engaged in work for the United States Department of Agriculture from January 1943 to April 1945. Gehrmann was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1946, 1948, 1950, and 1952. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1954 for the term ending in January 1957.

He died of a heart attack in Mellen, Wisconsin, July 12, 1958. He was interred in Mellen Union Cemetery.

His son was Bernard E. Gehrmann, who also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.