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{{Short description|American politician (1879–1966)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name           = Harry Edward Sauthoff
| image          = Harry Sauthoff (Wisconsin congressman) 2.jpg
| caption        = Collections of the U.S. House of Representatives, ''circa'' 1935
| state1         = [[Wisconsin]]
| district1      = {{ushr|Wisconsin|2|2nd}}
| term_start1    = January 3, 1941
| term_end1      = January 3, 1945
| predecessor1   = Charles Hawks, Jr.
| successor1     = [[Robert Kirkland Henry]]
| term_start2    = January 3, 1935
| term_end2      = January 3, 1939
| predecessor2   = [[Charles W. Henney]]
| successor2     = [[Charles Hawks, Jr.]]
| office3        = Member of the [[Wisconsin Senate]]
| term3          = 1925–1929
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1879|6|3}}
| birth_place    = [[Madison, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1966|6|16|1879|6|3}}
| death_place    = Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
| resting_place  = [[Forest Hill Cemetery (Madison, Wisconsin)|Forest Hill Cemetery]]<br />Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
| party          = [[Wisconsin Progressive Party|Progressive]]
| alma_mater     = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
}}
{{Infobox college coach
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| alma_mater = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1905
| coach_team2 = [[Northern Illinois Huskies football|Northern Illinois State Normal]]
| coach_sport3 = Basketball
| coach_years4 = 1905–1906
| coach_team4 = [[Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball|Northern Illinois State Normal]]
| overall_record = 3–1–1 (football)<br>7–2 (basketball)
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'''Harry Edward Sauthoff''' (June 3, 1879 – June 16, 1966) was an American teacher, coach, lawyer and politician from [[Madison, Wisconsin]]. He was the son of a German immigrant and held many political offices including being elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] for four terms in the mid-20th century.

==Early life==
Harry Sauthoff was born on June 3, 1879, in [[Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000079 |title=Sauthoff, Harry |work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |access-date=2022-10-07}}</ref> Sauthoff was the son of August and Hermine Sauthoff. Both his parents were German immigrants from the province of Hanover.<ref name=OCD>{{Citation| title = Official Congressional Directory | publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office | year = 1943| pages = 127| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ebhFAQAAMAAJ&q=Harry+Sauthoff+Northern+illinois | access-date= January 24, 2016}}</ref>  He graduated from the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in 1902.<ref name="bio"/><ref name=OCD /> After his undergraduate education he taught and coached for Lake Geneva High School from 1902 to 1905 and [[Northern Illinois University]] from 1905 to 1906.<ref name="bio"/><ref name=OCD /> He served as the head football coach at Northern Illinois University in 1905, compiling a record of 3–1–1.<ref name="bio"/><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/15-m-football-media-supplement.htmlfootbl/auto_pdf/09fanguide-history | title= NIU 2016 Football Media Guide | publisher= Northern Illinois University | access-date= January 24, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Sauthoff was also the head basketball coach at Northern Illinois for one season in 1905–06.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/niu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/recordbook.pdf| title= 2015–16 NIU Men's Basketball Record Book| publisher= Northern Illinois University| access-date= January 24, 2016| archive-date= January 30, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160130225001/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/niu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/recordbook.pdf| url-status= dead}}</ref> Sauthoff was a 1909 graduate of the [[University of Wisconsin Law School]].<ref name="bio"/><ref name=OCD />

==Political career==
Sauthoff served as district attorney of [[Dane County, Wisconsin]] from 1915 to 1919. In 1921 Sauthoff served as Secretary to Governor [[John J. Blaine]]. He served as a delegate to the International Conference on the St. Lawrence Deep Waterway and the Mississippi Valley Conference on Mississippi River Improvement in 1921.<ref name="bio"/>

Sauthoff served in the [[Wisconsin State Senate]] from 1925 to 1929. In [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1934#Wisconsin|1934]] he was elected as a [[Wisconsin Progressive Party|Progressive]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]], representing [[Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district]]. He served from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1939 as part of the [[74th United States Congress|74th]] and [[75th United States Congress]]es. He lost his reelection bid in the [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1938#Wisconsin|1938 election]]. He ran again in 1940 and won, serving from January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1945 as part of the [[77th Congress|77th]] and [[78th Congress]]es.<ref name="bio"/> He was defeated in the 1944 election for the [[United States Senate]],<ref name="bio"/> receiving 5.8 percent of the vote as a third-party candidate.{{citation needed |date=October 2022}}

Sauthoff resumed practicing law until his retirement in 1955.<ref name="bio"/>

==Personal life==
[[File:Grave of Harry Edward Sauthoff (1879–1966) at Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, WI.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sauthoff's grave at Forest Hill Cemetery]]

Sauthoff died on June 16, 1966, in Madison. He was buried at [[Forest Hill Cemetery (Madison, Wisconsin)|Forest Hill Cemetery]] in Madison.<ref name="bio"/>

==Head coaching record==
===Football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Northern Illinois Huskies football|Northern Illinois State Normal]]
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1905
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[1905 college football season|1905]]
 | name         = [[1905 Northern Illinois State Normal football team|Northern Illinois State Normal]]
 | overall      = 3–1–1
 | conference   = 
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 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Northern Illinois State Normal
 | overall    = 3–1–1
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 3–1–1
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype =
 | legend   = no
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{CongBio|S000079}}

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