to the interests of the working class. In 1926 (at which time he was State Chairman of the Socialist Party of Wisconsin), rather than run for re-election to the Assembly, he opted to challenge incumbent State Senator Bernhard Gettelman. He lost the election to Gettelman, with 8,074 votes to 10,589 for the incumbent. After the Assembly As he had always done when not in the legislature himself, he continued to spend time during the session at Madison lobbying for labor. Weber died in Milwaukee on February 4, 1943, known as "the grand old man of Wisconsin labor." References 1849 births 1943 deaths American carpenters Socialist Party of America politicians from Wisconsin Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People from Grafton, Wisconsin Politicians from Milwaukee American sailors Wisconsin State Federation of Labor people