Julius Kiesner


Julius Kiesner was an American tire vulcanizer from Milwaukee who served five terms as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Milwaukee's 9th Assembly district.
He was born in Chilton, Wisconsin on Oct. 29, 1884 and was educated in the public schools of that city. He traveled extensively in the United States and Europe. In 1910, after moving to Milwaukee he joined the Socialist party.

In the Assembly

He had never held public office until his successful 1918 bid for the Assembly to replace fellow Socialist Herman O. Kent. In his last race, in 1926, he ran unopposed. He was succeeded by fellow Socialist Otto Kehrein.

After the Assembly

In 1935 he was nominated as a possible "progressive" candidate for the City of Milwaukee election commission.