August W. Strehlow

August W. Strehlow (born January 31, 1867) was a housepainter and building contractor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who served one term as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1905 to 1906.

Strehlow was born in Stettin[1] (now Szczecin, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia) on January 31, 1867, and was educated in the public schools there.

He came to America in 1881, and followed the trade of hardwood finishing and housepainting, later becoming a contractor in this line of business; he became a member of the Painters' union, was active in organized labor, and became a member of the Social Democratic Party, soon to become the Socialist Party of America (but still called "Social Democratic Party" in Wisconsin).

[6] In 1906 he chose to run for the Milwaukee Common Council, and was succeeded in the Assembly by fellow Socialist and labor activist Frank J. Weber (a carpenter).

He served on the Common Council for at least 32 years[7] By 1946 he had shifted to the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.