| Edward Roethe | |
| Birth Date: | May 12, 1878 |
| Death Date: | May 1, 1952 (aged 73) |
| Birth Place: | Whitewater, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| State Senate: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 16th |
| Term Start: | 1937 |
| Term End: | 1940 |
| Predecessor: | William D. Carroll |
| Successor: | Helmar Lewis |
| Term Start1: | 1925 |
| Term End1: | 1932 |
| Predecessor1: | Henry Edgar Roethe |
| Successor1: | William D. Carroll |
| Party: | Republican |
| Relations: | Henry Edgar Roethe (brother) |
| Death Place: | Fennimore, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Bessie Barbara Frantz |
| Children: | 6 |
Edward Julius Roethe (May 12, 1878 - May 1, 1952)[1] was an American politician and newspaper editor.[2]
Roethe was born in Whitewater, Wisconsin to German immigrants Edward and Catherine Roethe. He was raised Lutheran.
Roethe began his career as a teacher. He later worked as the publisher of the Fennimore Times in Fennimore, Wisconsin. He served as president of the village of Fennimore in 1919 and after the community was incorporated as a city he served as the first mayor of Fennimore from 1919 to 1924. He served in the Wisconsin Senate as a Republican twice, initially as successor to his brother Henry Edgar Roethe.[3] He married his wife Barbara Frantz on September 22, 1906 in Clark, Wisconsin.
Roethe died after suffering a stroke while working in his garden.