Auf der Heide was born in New York City on December 8, 1874, and attended the public schools.

He was elected as a member and subsequently a director of the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders, serving in office from 1915 to 1924.

In redistricting following the United States census, 1930, he was shifted to the newly created 14th congressional district.

He died in West New York, New Jersey, on March 29, 1945, aged 70, and was interred in Hoboken Cemetery in North Bergen.

[citation needed] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress