Born in
Lowell, Wisconsin, Kading was the son of Charles and Elizabeth Baggans Kading. He attended the country schools, Lowell Grade School, Horicon High School in
Horicon, and the
University of Wisconsin in
Madison. He graduated from the law department of
Valparaiso University in
Valparaiso, Indiana, in 1900. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in
Watertown, Wisconsin. He was also interested in agricultural pursuits. Kading served as city attorney of Watertown from 1905 to 1912, as district attorney for
Dodge County from 1906 to 1912, and as mayor of Watertown from 1914 to 1916. Kading was elected as a
Republican to the
Seventieth,
Seventy-first, and
Seventy-second Congresses, serving from March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933. After being an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Watertown on June 19, 1956, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery there. His son, Charles E. Kading (1907–1992), also an attorney, served for many years as a judge in
Jefferson County. ==References==