Herman Marth

Herman Arthur Marth (January 28, 1880 – March 11, 1970) was a chef, restaurateur, union organizer, and Socialist state legislator from Wausau, Wisconsin, who served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, from 1918 to 1920.

[1] Marth was born January 28, 1880, in Wausau, the son of Louis and Ottilia (Ramthun) Marth, and attended the local public schools until dropping out at age 15 to go to work (although he continued studies at a business college at night).

At the November general election he was re-elected, with 1883 votes to 1313 for Republican Fred Paulus, 1203 for Democrat George Merisette, and 40 for independent F. A.

[5] In 1920, after narrowly losing a hard-fought race for mayor of Wausau by 246 votes in September,[6] Marth was defeated for re-election to the Assembly by Republican Lewis H. Cook, who received 5084 votes, to 3204 for Marth and 1100 for Democrat Kurt Beyreis.

In 1946, he was the Socialist nominee for Wisconsin's 25th State Senate district (Lincoln and Marathon counties); he came third, with 601 votes to 16,859 for Republican Clifford "Tiny" Krueger and 7,827 write-in votes for the incumbent, Republican William McNeight, who had lost to Krueger in the primary election.