Part VIII. Biographical Sketches
- The Wisconsin Legislature
Senate [pp. 1125-1137]
The senate is composed of thirty-three members, who hold
office for four years and receive $500 each for their services
at each regular session. Members of the senate, session of
1907, representing odd-numbered districts, were elected in 1906.
Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1911. Those representing even-numbered
districts were elected in 1904. Their terms will end Jan. 1,
1909. The lieutenant-governor is president of the senate, but
can vote only in case of a tie. A temporary president, to act
in the absence of the president, is chosen by the members of
the senate. The senate of 1907 consists of 27 republicans, 5
democrats, and one social democrat. Lieutenant-Governor W. D.
Connor, president; Jas. H. Stout, president pro tem; A. R. Emerson,
chief clerk; R. C. Falconer, sergeant-at-arms.
First Senatorial District.
Door, Kewaunee and Marinette counties. Population, 1900 -
65,617.
HARLAN PAGE BIRD (Rep.), of Wausaukee, is a native
of Bradford Co., Pa., born 66 years ago of New England
parents. Attending common schools only, he engaged in land
surveying and bookkeeping, which took him to Brooklyn, N.Y.,
and thence to the lumber woods of Marinette Co. He volunteered
in '61, served four years in the civil war, two of which was
as staff in the Vicksburg rifle pits. After the war he engaged
in lumbering and mercantile pursuits; is also president of the
Wausaukee State Bank. He was elected state senator in 1902, and
re-elected in 1906, receiving 4,995 votes, against 3,125 for
Leo. J. Evans (Dem.) and 216 for James Larson (Soc. Dem.).
Second Senatorial District.
Brown and Oconto counties. Population, 1900 - 67,233.
HENRY F. HAGEMEISTER (Rep.), of Green Bay, Brown
county, is a native of Wisconsin. He was born in Green Bay,
Nov. 18, 1855, and was educated in the parochial and public
schools of that city. He is president and manager of the Hagemeister
Brewing Company of Green Bay and president of Kellogg's National
Bank. He has served his city in the capacity of alderman and
supervisor and in 1892 was elected a member of the assembly as
a democrat, and was re-elected in 1894. He was elected state
senator in 1900 on the republican ticket, and re-elected in 1904.
He received 7,606 votes, against 5,318 for F. R. Singleton (Dem.).
Third Senatorial District.
Kenosha and Racine counties. Population, 1900 - 67,351.
ISAAC THORNTON BISHOP (Rep.), of Somers, Kenosha
County, Wis., is a native of that place. Born June 6th,
1844, of New England parents. Attended common schools only.
He was a farmer until the year 1861, when he accepted a clerkship
with Doan & Hawley, dry goods merchants, in the city of Kenosha.
He volunteered in Sept. 1862, and served three years in the Civil
War, participating in the battles of Arkansas Post, Raymond,
Champion Hills, Black River Bridge and the siege of Vicksburg.
After the war he engaged in farming and now owns and operates
a farm that his father bought from the government before the
subject of this sketch was born. He served his town as chairman
five years, justice of the peace 11 years, and has just rounded
out his twenty-fifth year as secretary of the Somers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company. He was elected state senator in 1906, receiving
4,978 votes against 4,392 for Michael Higgins (Dem.), 1,116 for
W. W. Britton (Soc. Dem.) and two for O. W. Johnson (Pro.).
Fourth Senatorial District.
The 1st, 13th, 18th and 21st wards of the city of Milwaukee,
the towns of Granville and Milwaukee, and the villages of North
Milwaukee, East Milwaukee and Whitefish Bay. Population, 1900
- 61,035.
THEO. C. FROEMMING (Rep.) was born in Milwaukee May
11, 1873; is the youngest member in the State Senate;
was educated in a parochial school of Milwaukee, and graduated
from Milwaukee Business University; also attended Concordia College
for two years; was a member of the Republican county committee
from 1898 to 1900; was elected alderman of the 21st ward in 1900
and re-elected in 1902, his term expiring in April, 1904; is
engaged as grading contractor; is also in the stone quarry business.
He was elected state senator in 1904 on the republican ticket;
he received 5,246 votes, against 3,697 for Herman Reel (Dem.)
and 3,184 for Alexis Fischer (Soc. Dem.).
Fifth Senatorial District.
The 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 7th, 15th and 16th wards of the city
of Milwaukee. Population, 1900 - 69,196.
EDWARD T. FAIRCHILD (Rep.) of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
county, was born at Towanda, Pa., June 17, 1872; his
parents moved to Dansville, Livingston county, New York,
when he was five years of age. He attended the public school
of that village, and studied law in the office of Chas. H. Rowe;
was admitted to practice in 1894, and soon came to Milwaukee,
entering into the law firm of Lenicheck, Fairchild & Boesel;
was assistant district attorney of Milwaukee county, 1900-1904.
He was elected to the state senate in 1906, receiving 6,541 votes
against 3,454 for Henry Cummings (Dem.) and 2,442 votes for Chas.
Zalner (Soc. Dem.).
Sixth Senatorial District.
The 9th, 10th, 20th, and 22d wards of the city of Milwaukee.
Population, 1900 - 71,711.
JACOB RUMMEL (Soc. Dem.) was born in Washington county,
Wis., April 17, 1857, where he attended common
school; came to Milwaukee in 1872 and entered college; learned
the cigar trade; is foreman for Williams & Brendle Cigar
Mfg. Co. at the present time. He was elected state senator in
1904, receiving 5,848 votes against 5,801 for A. J. Langhoff
(Rep.) and 3,127 for Gottfried Hergarten (Dem.).
Seventh Senatorial District.
The 14th and 17th wards of the city of Milwaukee, the towns
of Franklin, Greenfield, Lake, Oak Creek and Wauwatosa, the cities
of South Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, West Allis and Cudahy, and the
village of West Milwaukee. Population, 1900 - 63,5633.
GEORGE E. PAGE (Rep.), born in the city of Milwaukee
on the 19th of March, 1873, and has continuously resided
there; was educated in the public schools of Milwaukee; was
elected to the office of justice of the peace for the 17th ward
of said city in the year 1900, resigning the same year to enter
the Law Department of the Columbian University, Washington, D.C.,
from which he was graduated in 1903; was admitted to the bar
in the same year; was elected to the legislature as member of
the assembly in 1904 and as state senator in 1906, receiving
4,250 votes against 2,603 for Anthony Szczerbinski (Dem.) and
2,737 for W. L. Hamann (Soc. Dem.).
Eighth Senatorial District.
The 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th and 23d wards of the city of Milwaukee.
Population, 1900 - 64,482.
JULIUS EDWARD ROEHR (Rep.) was born March 6, 1860,
in Brooklyn, N.Y.; was educated in the public schools of
Brooklyn and Milwaukee, and attended the Wisconsin university
from 1879 to 1881, graduating therefrom in June, 1881; came to
Wisconsin in May, 1873, settling in Milwaukee, where he has since
resided; has practiced law since 1881; was nominated for member
of assembly by the republicans of the Eighth assembly district
in 1892, and was defeated by the Bennett law issue; in the spring
of 1892 he was nominated on the republican ticket for judge of
the superior court, but was defeated by Judge John C. Ludwig;
was appointed circuit court commissioner for Milwaukee county
by judge D. H. Johnson in 1888, and re-appointed in 1894, in
1900 and in 1906; was elected to the senate in 1896, and was
a member of the legislative committee which revised the statutes
known as "the Statutes of 1898"; was chairman of the
Committee on Insurance and Banking for three sessions; was member
of committee to investigate insurance companies, known as "Legislative
Investigating Committee." Senator Roehr was elected president
of the Bar Association of Milwaukee county on December 10, 1904.
He was again elected to the senate in 1900 and re-elected in
1904, receiving 4,788 votes against 4,656 for F. N. Rehield (Soc.
Dem.) and 3,909 for R. T. Ziarnek (Dem.).
Ninth Senatorial District.
Adams, Marquette, Waushara and Wood counties. Population,
1900 - 61,487.
THEODORE W. BRAZEAU (Rep.) was born at the city of
Grand Rapids, Wood county, Wisconsin, March 12th,
1873. He attended the elementary schools of the city and
graduated from the high school. After teaching school a year,
he entered the University of Wisconsin with the class of '96.
Before graduation he taught school in the Grand Rapids High School
one year and graduated from the university in the class of 1897.
He then taught school another year and finished the law school
with the class of 1900. Since completing his law course he has
practiced law in the city of Grand Rapids in partnership with
B. R. Goggins, under the firm name of Goggins & Brazeau.
He served as district attorney of Wood county from 1903 to 1907.
He was elected state senator in 1906, receiving 6,657 votes against
2,712 for F. B. Rawson (Dem.).
Tenth Senatorial District.
Pierce and St. Croix counties. Population, 1900 - 50,773.
WALTER C. OWEN (Rep.) was born on a farm in the town
of Trenton, Pierce county, Wisconsin, Sept. 26, 1868. He
was educated in the common and high schools of Pierce county,
and graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin
with the class of 1891. He engaged in the practice of law at
Superior, Wisconsin, becoming a member of the firm of Crownhart,
Owen & Foley, and continuing with said firm until January
1, 1898, when he removed to Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, where he
has since continued in the active practice of his profession.
Though he has always taken an active interest in politics, he
never held public office until his election to the state senate
from the tenth district, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Senator James A. Frear. He was elected without opposition,
receiving 4,201 votes.
Eleventh Senatorial District.
Douglas and Polk counties. Population, 1900 - 61,614.
GEORGE B. HUDNALL (Rep.) was born at Rural, Waupaca
county, Wis., Jan. 9, 1864. He was educated in the
district and high schools and at the Wisconsin university
law school, class of 1891. Lived on a farm until twenty-four
years old when he engaged in teaching and took up the study of
law. Was assistant city attorney of Superior from 1900 to May,
1902. He was elected state senator in 1902 and re-elected in
1906, each time without opposition.
Twelfth Senatorial District.
Ashland, Bayfield, Price, Sawyer, Taylor and Washburn counties.
Population, 1900 - 64,050.
ALBERT W. SANBORN (Rep.) was born in Swanton, Vermont,
January 17, 1853; removed to Guernsey county,
Ohio, when a small boy with his parents and lived there on
a farm until 1876. Was educated at Muskingum college at New Concord,
Ohio. Studied law with Barnes & Anderson at Cambridge, Ohio,
and was there admitted to the bar, April 10, 1876; came to Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, in April, 1876, and studied law in Finch & Barber's
office for about two months. Located at Stevens Point, Wisconsin,
in June, 1876, where he practiced law, first as a member of the
firm of Jones & Sanborn, and afterwards as a member of the
firm of Cate, Jones & Sanborn, and afterwards as a member
of the firm of Cate, Sanborn, Lamoreux & Park. Was district
attorney of Portage county for one term and a member of the assembly
from Portage in 1885. Was a delegate from the Ninth Congressional
District to the National Convention in 1888; moved to Ashland,
Wisconsin, in 1893, where he has continued in the practice of
his profession; is now a member of the firm of Sanborn, Lamoreux
& Pray. He was elected to the senate in 1904, receiving 11,129
votes against 3,595 for G. Schwindt (Dem.).
Thirteenth Senatorial District.
Dodge County. Population, 1900 - 46,631.
PAUL O. HUSTING (Dem.) was born at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin,
on April 25th, 1866, a son of John P. Husting and
Mary M. Husting nee Juneau, the latter being the daughter
of Solomon Juneau, the founder of Milwaukee. He removed with
his parents to Mayville, Wisconsin, in the year 1876. Received
a common school education. Left school in his seventeenth year
and became successively clerk in general store, railway postal
clerk, and mailing clerk and later promoted to assistant bookkeeper
in the office of the secretary of state. Entered the law school
of the University of Wisconsin and passed the state bar examination
and was admitted to the bar in 1895. Began the practice of law
alone at Mayville immediately thereafter and in 1897 associated
himself with C. W. Lamoreux under the firm name of Lamoreux &
Husting which still exists. Was elected District Attorney of
Dodge County in 1902 and was re-elected in 1904. Was elected
to the Senate in 1906 receiving 4,646 votes against 2,746 for
Leon Reible (Rep.) and 124 for G. A. Paddock (Pro.).
Fourteenth Senatorial District.
Outagamie and Shawano counties. Population, 1900 - 73,722.
FRED M. WILCOX (Rep.), of Appleton, Wis., was born
in Marshall county, Iowa, July 17, 1870. Graduated from high
school at Montour, Iowa, in 1887, and from the State University
of Iowa in 1893; assistant postmaster to C. G. Wilcox at De Pere,
Wisconsin, during the year 1894; commenced practice of law at
Seymour, Wis., in November, 1894; elected district attorney of
Outagamie county in 1898 and immediately removed to Appleton;
re-elected in 1900 and again in 1902; in March, 1904, with his
brother, John C. Wilcox, formed the law partnership of Wilcox
& Wilcox. He was elected state senator in 1904, receiving
8,476 votes against 5,487 for Theo. Knapstein (Dem.).
Fifteenth Senatorial District.
Calumet and Manitowoc counties. Population, 1900 - 59,339.
SAMUEL W. RANDOLPH (Dem.) was born December 5th,
1872, at Manitowoc, Wis., and was educated in the First
Ward public school of that city. For a number of years he
has been interested in navigation of the Great Lakes and represents
several transportation companies. Was appointed harbor master,
January, 1902, to fill an unexpired term and reappointed for
a full term in April, 1902. He was elected state senator in 1902
and re-elected in 1906, receiving 4,613 votes against 3,994 for
G. G. Sedgewick (Rep.) and 864 for Henry Bruins (Soc. Dem.).
Sixteenth Senatorial District.
Crawford and Grant counties. Population, 1900 - 56,167.
EDWARD EUGENE BURNS (Rep.), of Platteville, Grant
county, was born Jan. 20, 1858, at Dunleith (now East
Dubuque), Illinois. In the year of his birth his parents
moved to Jamestown, Grant county, Wisconsin, and settled on a
farm where he spent his early years. He was educated in the common
schools of Grant county, the Platteville State Normal School
and the law school of the University of Wisconsin, from which
he graduated in 1887. He moved to Platteville on Dec. 1, 1890,
where he has since resided and engaged in the practice of law.
He was a member of the county board of Grant county in 1895 and
1896, which position he resigned on entering the army, and was
again re-elected on his return in 1899. He served in the Spanish-American
War as captain of Co. C, of the 4th Wis. Inf. Vol., from June
30, 1898, to Feb. 28, 1899. He was elected to the state senate
in 1900, and re-elected in 1904, receiving 7,365 votes against
4,942 cast for W. W. Gilman (Dem.) and 400 votes cast for Josiah
Thomas (Pro.).
Seventeenth Senatorial District.
Green, Iowa and Lafayette counties. Population, 1900 - 66,792.
HARRY CHAPMAN MARTIN (Rep.), of Darlington, Lafayette
county, was born at Darlington, Dec. 15, 1854, and
received his early education in the public schools of that
place, after which he taught school for one year and then attended
the University of Wisconsin, from which he graduated in 1879.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1881, and has since
practiced law at Darlington. Soon after his admission to the
bar he was appointed county superintendent of schools of Lafayette
county, and was twice thereafter elected to that office. In 1887
he was elected mayor of the city of Darlington and was re-elected
in 1888. He was city attorney for several years thereafter and
was elected district attorney of Lafayette county in 1892; was
a member of the Republican State Central committee for four years;
was elected to the assembly in 1895 to fill vacancy occasioned
by the death of James Freeman; was elected to the state senate
in 1898 and re-elected in 1892 and in 1906, receiving 6,284 votes
against 4,383 for J. B. Simpson (Dem.) and 189 for C. Marty (Soc.
Dem.).
Eighteenth Senatorial District.
Fond du Lac and Green Lake counties. Population, 1900 - 63,386.
CHARLES H. SMITH (Dem.), of Markesan, was born in the town
of Green Lake, June 1st, 1863. He was educated in
district schools, Berlin High School and Commercial College
of Oshkosh. He is a farmer by occupation. He was town treasurer
of Green Lake in 1887 and 1888, supervisor of the town in 1890
and 1891, school clerk in the village of Markesan for the past
eight years; has served on the village board for several years.
He was elected to the assembly in 1902, and to the state senate
in 1904, receiving 8,024 votes against 7,024 votes for O. A.
Piggott (Rep.).
Nineteenth Senatorial District.
Winnebago county. Population, 1900 - 58,225.
JOHN A. FRIDD (Rep.) was born in Winnebago county, Oct. 23,
1850; received his education in the common schools
and in Ripon College; is a farmer by occupation; served his
town as side supervisor three years, and as chairman ten years;
has been director of the Eureka Canning Factory since 1900. Was
elected member of assembly in 1902, and re-elected in 1904. He
was elected state senator in 1906, receiving 4,591 votes against
3,310 for J. Harrington (Dem.) and 1,048 for E. E. Stevens (Ind.).
Twentieth Senatorial District.
Ozaukee and Sheboygan counties. Population, 1900 - 66,708.
GEORGE W. WOLFF (Rep.) was born in the town of Rhine, Sheboygan
county, in the year 1849, and has since resided
there; received a common school education; is a farmer by
occupation. He has served as chairman of his town and county
board and as a member of the assembly; elected to the state senate
in 1900 and 1904, receiving 6,510 votes against 6,097 for E.
R. Bowler (Dem.).
Twenty-first Senatorial District.
Portage and Waupaca counties. Population, 1900 - 61,098.
EDWARD E. BROWNE (Rep.) was born at Waupaca, Waupaca county,
Wisconsin, February 16, 1868. He attended
the public schools of the city of Waupaca and after finishing
the high school of Waupaca was graduated from State University
in 1890 and from the university law school in 1892, since which
time he has been engaged in the practice of law in the city of
Waupaca. He was elected district attorney of Waupaca county in
1898, which office he held six years. He was appointed regent
of the State University in June, 1904, and was nominated and
elected state senator in 1906, receiving 4,397 votes. There was
no opposition to his nomination or election, Mr. Browne having
been nominated on the Republican ticket and endorsed by the Democratic,
Prohibition and Social Democratic parties.
Twenty-second Senatorial District.
Rock County. Population, 1900 - 51,203.
JOHN M. WHITEHEAD (Rep.) was born July 29, 1852, on a farm
near Hillsboro, Ill. He was educated at Hillsboro
Academy, preparatory department of Wabash College, Crawfordsville,
Ind. (1871-2), Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. (1872-3),
Yale College (1873-77), where he took the degree of A. B. He
studied law and was admitted to the bar of Illinois in October,
1880, and to the bar of Wisconsin in September, 1883. He came
to Wisconsin in August, 1883, settling at Janesville, where he
has since resided. Has been a member of the county board of Rock
county, representing the fourth ward of Janesville. Was elected
to the state senate in 1896, 1900, and again in 1904, receiving
5,810 votes against 4,200 for Robert M. Richmond (Dem.), 428
for Morris Mortimer (Soc. Dem.), and 401 for Thos. W. North (Pro.).
Twenty-third Senatorial District.
Jefferson and Walworth counties. Population, 1900 - 64,048.
JOHN A. HAZELWOOD (Dem.) was born at Concord, Jefferson county,
Wis., Oct. 28, 1867. He received his training
in the common schools, St. John's Military Academy, Delafield,
Wis., Valparasio Normal School, and Indiana University and Law
School. He was engaged for a period of ten years in teaching
at Ixonia, Oconomowoc and at Indiana Normal School. In 1898 he
was elected county superintendent of schools of Jefferson county
and was re-elected three times. He has been the president of
the S.W.T.A., vice-president W.T.A., president of the County
Superintendents' Association and state commander of the S.O.V.
He has served as city attorney of Jefferson for several years.
He is now practicing law at Jefferson, Wisconsin. In 1906 he
was elected to the state senate, receiving 5,345 votes against
4,273 votes for Zadoc B. Beach (Rep.) and 87 votes for A. L.
Morrison (Soc. Dem.).
Twenty-fourth Senatorial District.
Chippewa, Eau Claire and Rusk counties. Population, 1900
- 64,729.
DR. JAMES HARVEY NOBLE (Rep.), of Eau Claire, was born March
30, 1881, in Dane county, Wis. Studied in the
public schools of Madison and preparatory department of State
University, afterwards taking up the study of medicine at Hahnemann
Medical College of Chicago, from which he graduated in 1871,
and the same year located at Eau Claire, Wis., where he has pursued
the practice of his profession ever since. He has been city and
county physician, eight years a member of the Board of Education
and part of that time its president. Since becoming a voter he
has always acted with the Republican party. He was elected to
the state senate in 1904, receiving 7,591 votes against 4,963
for Wm. H. Stafford (Dem.), 267 for Frank E. Cummings (Pro.)
and 186 for August Schreiber (Soc. Dem.).
Twenty-fifth Senatorial District.
Clark and Marathon counties. Population, 1900 - 69,104.
SPENCER M. MARSH (Rep.) was born in the town of Grant, Clark
county, Wis., July 26, 1864. Reared on a farm,
taught country schools, beginning at the age of 16 years.
Attended State Normal School at River Falls in 1882 and 1883.
Commenced the study of law in 1885, admitted to the bar in 1889,
became a law partner of present Circuit Judge James O'Neill in
1891, under firm name of O'Neill & Marsh, practicing at Neillsville,
Wis. This partnership continued until Judge O'Neill went on the
bench in 1898. Since that time he has continued the practice
of law at Neillsville, a portion of the time as a member of the
firm of Marsh & Tucker, and latter of the firm of Marsh &
Schoengarth. He served as district attorney of Clark county two
terms, having been elected on the Republican ticket in 1898 and
in 1900. He has been president of the Commercial State Bank at
Neillsville from its organization in 1898. He was elected state
senator in 1906, receiving 5,962 votes against 4,360 for W. W.
Albers (Dem.).
Twenty-sixth Senatorial District.
Dane county. Population, 1900 - 69,435.
ALBERT M. STONDALL (Rep.), of Madison, was born on a farm
in the town of Cottage Grove, Dane county, August
4, 1865. He received a common school education, and later
attended the Northwestern Business College of Madison. He was
a farmer until the year 1894, when he went into the business
of buying and selling Wisconsin lands, especially operating in
Wood, Clark, Washburn and Barron counties. He was elected to
the state senate in 1904, receiving 9,547 votes against 7,136
votes for James M. Clancy (Dem.) and 375 for Lucius F. Bigelow
(Pro.).
Twenty-seventh Senatorial District.
Columbia and Sauk counties. Population, 1900 - 64,127.
CHARLES L. PEARSON (Dem.) was born forty-six years ago in
the town of Buffalo, Marquette county, Wis., and
came with his parents to the township of Greenfield, near
Baraboo, in the year 1870. He attended school in Greenfield and
Baraboo and a business college in Janesville. He was a railroad
telegraph operator for a few years, leaving the service of his
own accord to engage in farming and fruit growing. After operating
a farm in West Point, Columbia county, for four years he purchased
the old home-stead, where he has since lived. Mr. Pearson has
held various local offices, and is an active member of the Wisconsin
State Horticultural society. He was elected to the state senate
in 1906, receiving 4,629 votes against 4,546 for M. F. Foley
(Rep.) and 342 for T. R. White (Pro.).
Twenty-eighth Senatorial District.
Richland and Vernon counties. Population, 1900 - 47,834.
OLIVER G. MUNSON (Rep.), of Viroqua, was born March 2, 1856,
in Howard county, Ia.; was educated in the
common and high schools of Iowa and Minnesota; came to Wisconsin
in 1876; resided in Richland Center ten years and in Viroqua
twenty-one years; is an editor and publisher, having published
the Richland Republican ten years and the Vernon County Censor
twenty-one years; has been city clerk of Richland Center, supervisor
from city of Viroqua, bookkeeper in the state senate several
terms and assistant chief clerk of the assembly two terms. He
was elected to the senate in 1896, re-elected in 1900 and 1904,
receiving 6,654 votes against 2,939 votes for Capt. H. Connor
(Dem.). Was appointed private secretary to the Governor, Jas.
O. Davidson, Jan. 1, 1906, and re-appointed for a term of two
years, Jan. 1, 1907.
Twenty-ninth Senatorial District.
Barron, Buffalo, Dunn and Pepin counties. Population, 1900
- 73,390.
JAMES H. STOUT (Rep.), of Menomonie, was born at Dubuque,
Ia., Sep. 25,1848, and was educated in the public
schools of Dubuque and in the Chicago University. He came
to Wisconsin in 1889, and has since been engaged in the lumber
business at Menomonie and in Arkansas. He has been for several
years one of the trustees of the Dunn county insane asylum; president
of the Menomonie board of education; life member of the Dubuque
library; and life trustee of the Findlay hospital at Dubuque.
He was elected to the state senate in 1894, and was re-elected
in 1898, in 1902, and in 1906, receiving 5,920 votes and having
no opposition.
Thirtieth Senatorial District.
Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida and Vilas
counties. Population, 1900 - 53,835.
JAMES A. WRIGHT, of Merrill, Lincoln county, has always been
a Republican, is a native of Wisconsin. Was born in
Racine, Wis., June 17th, 1873, moving to Merrill, Wis., in
1880, and has since resided there. Was educated in public schools
and later took a business course at Northern Illinois Normal
School and Dixon Business College. Was then associated with the
H. W. Wright Lumber Company, served as vice president, and upon
death of father in 1901 became president of same. In 1903 organized
the Wisconsin Lumber Company of Littell, Washington, and was
elected president of the same. He is also a director of Lincoln
County Bank, of Merrill, Wis. He had never sought office before,
but was unanimously nominated on the Republican ticket, and in
the election for state senator November 8th, 1904, received 9,792
votes against 4,382 cast for D. H. Walker (Dem.).
Thirty-first Senatorial District.
Jackson, Juneau and Monroe counties. Population, 1900 - 66,198.
H. W. BARKER (Rep.) was born in the town of Leon, Monroe
county, Wis., March 18th, 1860. Is now proprietor of
the H. W. Barker Medical Co., manufacturer of medicines,
which are for sale by wholesale and retail druggists in nearly
every state in the union. Resided for a while at Elbow Lake,
Minnesota, at which place he held the office of mayor for three
terms. Was elected senator of the 31st district in 1906, receiving
6,300 votes against 2,713 votes for W. S. Wells (Dem.).
Thirty-second Senatorial District.
La Crosse and Trempealeau counties. Population, 1900 - 66,111.
THOMAS MORRIS (Rep.), of La Crosse, was born on a farm near
Bedford, Canada, December 9, 1861. He received
his education in the common schools of Canada and the Bedford
Academy. He is a lawyer, having graduated from the Wisconsin
University Law School in 1889, and is a member of the law firm
of Morris & Hartwell, at La Crosse. He was elected district
attorney of La Crosse county in 1898, and was re-elected in 1900.
He was twice elected chairman of the Republican Congressional
Committee of the Seventh Congressional District, and resigned
the position when he became a candidate for the senate, at the
last election. At present he is a member of the State Board of
Normal School Regents.
Mr. Morris was elected to the state senate November 8, 1904,
by a vote of 8,103 to 4,869 for Stephen Richmond
(Dem.).
Thirty-third Senatorial District.
Washington and Waukesha counties. Population, 1900 - 58,818.
HENRY LOCKNEY (Rep.), of Waukesha, Waukesha county, was born
on a farm in the town of Muskego, Waukesha
county, Oct. 26th, 1874. When about six years of age removed
with his parents to the city of Waukesha which has since been
his home. Was educated in the Waukesha public schools and in
1893 entered the University of Wisconsin from which he graduated
in 1897 with the degree of B. L. Was admitted to the bar in 1898.
At once began practice as a member of the firm of Tullar &
Lockney. Was elected city attorney in 1902, and re-elected in
1904 and 1906. Was for some time a library commissioner for the
city of Waukesha. Served for one term as secretary and for two
terms as chairman of the Republican county committee. Was elected
state senator in 1906, receiving 5,635 votes against 4,845 for
A. Konrad (Dem.), 197 for C. W. Rose (Pro.) and 196 for G. Gollnitzer
(Soc. Dem.).