Part VIII. Biographical Sketches
- The Wisconsin Legislature
Officers of the Senate [p.
1138]
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.
Chief Clerk.
A. R. EMERSON was born in the village of Etna, Lafayette
county, Wisconsin, July 21st, 1866, and has been a
continuous resident of the state, except for a few years
spent in Minneapolis and the west. He received his early education
in the common schools and at the Platteville Normal, later attending
the University summer school and the Minneapolis Business College.
He taught school for several years, was town clerk of his town
for two years, county clerk of Lafayette county from 1901 to
1905, and journal clerk of the state senate at the regular and
special sessions of 1905. Since that time he has been cashier
of the Belmont State Bank of Belmont, Wis. He was elected chief
clerk of the senate in the session of 1907.
Sergeant-at-Arms.
RUSSEL C. FALCONER was born in Williamsburg, N.Y., Feb. 4,
1851; received a common school education; came
to Wisconsin in 1855 and settled at Quincy, Adams county;
remained there until 1858 when he removed to Columbia county;
was chairman of the town of Wyocena in 1880; sheriff of Columbia
county one term; mayor of the city of Portage; was elected state
senator in 1890; removed to Camp Douglas in 1899, where he engaged
in the real estate business. He was elected sergeant-at-arms
of the senate at the session of 1905 and was re-elected in 1907.