Facts: - death place: milwaukee , wisconsin - preceded: peter j. somers - party: republican - death date: 11 april 1924 - district: 4th - term end: march 3 , 1907 - succeeded: william j. cary - term start: march 4 , 1895 - state: wisconsin - name: theobald otjen - birth date: october 27 , 1851 - image: theobaldotjen.jpg - birth place: china township , michigan - alma mater: university of michigan law school Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of theobald otjen .
theobald otjen -lrb- october 27 , 1851 - april 11 , 1924 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from wisconsin .theobald was born to german immigrants john conrad and dorothea -lrb- schreiner -rrb- otjen , in west china township in st. clair county , michigan and attended the marine city -lrb- michigan -rrb- academy and a private school in detroit .he was employed as foreman in the rolling mill of the milwaukee iron co. in milwaukee 1870-1872 .he graduated from the law department of the university of michigan at ann arbor on march 25 , 1875 .he was admitted to the bar at ann arbor in 1875 and commenced practice in detroit , michigan .he moved to milwaukee , wisconsin , in 1883 .he served as member of the common council of milwaukee 1887-1894 .otjen also served as a trustee of the milwaukee public library 1887-1891 , and a trustee of the public museum 1891-1894 .he was an unsuccessful candidate for comptroller of the city in april 1892 .he was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1892 to the fifty-third congress and in 1893 to the same congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of john l. mitchell .otjen was eventually elected as a republican to the fifty-fourth and to the five succeeding congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1895 -- march 3 , 1907 -rrb- as the representative of wisconsin 's 4th congressional district .he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906 .he resumed the practice of law in milwaukee , wisconsin .theobald married louisa elizabeth heames , daughter of prominent detroit civil engineer henry heames , in detroit on march 27 , 1879 , and had 5 children between 1880 and 1892 .he died in milwaukee , wisconsin , april 11 , 1924 .he was interred in forest home cemetery .