Louis D. Guth (May 25, 1857 – March 15, 1939) was an American businessman and politician.

Biography

Born in the town of

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, Guth went to

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and then graduated from the Milwaukee Spencerian Business College in 1870. Guth lived briefly in

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. In 1888, Guth settled in

Kewaskum, Wisconsin Kewaskum is a village in Washington and Fond du Lac counties in Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,309 at the 2020 census. All of this population resided in the Washington County portion of the village. The village is mostly surr ...

and was in the insurance business. Guth served as chairman of the Kewaskum Town Board and was one of the incorporators of the village of Kewaskum, Wisconsin. Guth served as the 6th and 9th Village President of Kewaskum from 1907 - 1909 and 1914 - 1917. His brother Lorenz Guth ran for West Bend

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in 1914 against William G. Bratz and B.C. Ziegler. He was assessor of incomes for Washington and Ozaukee Counties. In 1899, Guth served in the

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and was a Republican. During his term he was sharply criticized in the press for introducing the unsuccessful "Guth bicycle bill," which would have forbidden bicycles on Wisconsin roads. Guth died at his home in Kewaskum, Wisconsin.L. D. Guth-obituary, ''Wisconsin State Journal'', March 16, 1939, part 2, p. 1.

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* 1857 births 1939 deaths People from Kewaskum, Wisconsin Northwestern University alumni Businesspeople from Wisconsin Mayors of places in Wisconsin People from Polk, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1850s-stub