Herman O. Kent

He then moved to Monterey in Waukesha County where he continued school and worked on a farm until 1901, when he entered his printing trade apprenticeship at the Wisconsin Free Press in Oconomowoc.

He was active in the trade union movement and became a member of the Social Democratic party in 1908.

[2] In 1912, Kent ran for the Assembly seat held by Socialist Edmund J. Berner, who was running for the state senate.

[3] In 1914, with Walsh not running, Kent won the seat, with 915 votes to 674 for Democrat Anton Schloege and 548 for Republican Anthony Rausch, Jr.

[4] Kent won re-election in 1916 with a vote of 1136, against 812 for Republican candidate A. F. Geisinger and 485 for prior opponent Rausch (now running as a Democrat).