He came to Milwaukee in 1886, attended public and parochial schools, and learned the trade of core molder, which he continued to practice.
Katzban earned 1,328 votes, to 1,184 for former Democratic Assemblyman John Szymarek and 440 for Republican Leo Kelpinski.
He was assigned to the standing committees on city living conditions and on vocational education.
He ran once more for the Assembly from the Eighth District in 1930, coming in second with 1,912 votes to 3,041 for Republican Ben Wiczynski and 1641 for Democratic incumbent Mary O.
[4] In 1950, he was appointed as a Socialist member of the City of Milwaukee's Election Commission, and served a six-year term.