[1] He then moved from practicing medicine to teaching, taking a post as an instructor of surgical pathology at Milwaukee Medical College, a position in which he remained until 1901.

During his time as health commissioner, Bading was credited for establishing tests for bovine tuberculosis among the dairy cattle supplying Milwaukee with milk.

[1] Since Seidel won the 1910 election by a narrow plurality in a three-way race against the candidates of the Republican and Democratic parties, he was seen as a common threat and a beatable opponent by both of these political organizations.

In the 1912 election the Republicans and Democrats "fused" their tickets, with both parties jointly nominating Gerhard Bading as their candidate for Mayor of Milwaukee.

[7] During his eight years living in Quito, Ecuador, Bading learned Spanish fluently and took to collecting early South American art.

[8] The grouping deemed so historically significant that special permission President Isidro Ayora and his cabinet were necessary before the collection was allowed to leave the country.

[7] In his last years, Bading's eyesight failed but he retained a keen interest in world events, with his Chicago-born wife, the former Carol Royal Clemmer, keeping him abreast of the news by reading to him.

[7] As a fluent speaker of German, Bading believed that his linguistic skills might be valuable to the American military effort following the outbreak of World War II in 1941.