Albert Owen Sorge

American businessman and politician
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Quick Facts

IntroAmerican businessman and politician
PlacesUnited States of America
wasBusinessperson Politician
Work fieldBusiness Politics
Gender
Male
Birth9 February 1881
Death30 August 1967 (aged 86 years)
Star signAquarius
Family
Father:Henry William Sorge
Education
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The details

Biography

Albert Owen Sorge (February 9, 1881 – August 30, 1967) was an American businessman and politician.

Born in the town of Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin, Sorge served in the Wisconsin National Guard for two years. He went to dairy school at University of Wisconsin, worked with creameries in Elroy, Wisconsin and then worked for his father Henry W. Sorge in the creamery business in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. Sorge was involved woth the Baraboo Valley Agricultural Association. In 1911, Sorge served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Democrat. In 1911, Sorge bought an interest in Tri-State Ice Cream Company (later Dolly Madison Dairy) in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He moved to La Crosse and was involved with Sorge Dairy Supply Company, in La Crosse, and Sorge Ice Cream and Dairy Company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Sorge died in a hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin and was buried in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.

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