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thumb|300px '''Henry Edgar Roethe''' (May 1866 – August 16, 1939) was an American politician and newspaper editor who was a Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin in 1914.<ref>{{cite news |title=To Run For Governor By Walking 3,000 Miles|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90539585/to-run-by-walking/|quote=... 3,000-mile walking tour faces Henry E. Roethe of Fennimore, candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Wisconsin, who is running on a ... |work=Atlanta Constitution |date=February 14, 1914 |access-date=2021-12-13}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Born in Whitewater, Wisconsin, Roethe attended Whitewater Normal State School.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |date=August 16, 1939 |title=Henry Roethe Found Dead |page=1 |newspaper=The Rhinelander Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14284990/henry_edgar_roethe_18661939/ |access-date=October 9, 2017 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>
== Career == Roethe moved to Fennimore, Wisconsin, where he bought and published a newspaper. Roethe served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1907 to 1910 and 1913 to 1914. From 1917 to 1924, he was a member of the Wisconsin Senate for the 16th district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1685&search_term=roethe |title=Henry Edgar Roethe (1866–1939) |access-date=2010-09-21 |quote=He was editor and publisher of this paper until 1897 when his brother, Edward, became a junior partner in the enterprise, and the paper was restyled the ''Fennimore Times''. Roethe continued as editor of the paper throughout most of his life and was its publisher until his death. ... |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |archive-date=June 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610223339/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1685&search_term=roethe |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Personal life == Roethe committed suicide on August 16, 1939;<ref name="Obit2">{{cite news|title=Henry Roethe, Ex-Senator Is Lake Suicide|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14310384/henry_edgar_roethe_18661939/|newspaper=The Capital Times|date=August 16, 1939|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = October 10, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=H. E. Roethe Found Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/17/archives/he-roethe-found-dead-oncecandidate-for-wisconsin-governor-called.html |url-access=subscription |quote=The body of Henry E. Roethe of Fennimore, former State Assemblyman and Senator and Republican candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 1914, ... |work=New York Times |date=August 16, 1939 |access-date=2010-09-21 }}</ref> his body was found in Lake Monona.<ref name="Obit" /><ref name="Obit2" /> Roethe was succeeded by his younger brother, Edward J. Roethe, in the Wisconsin Senate.
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