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STATE SUPERINTENDENT.
JESSE B. THAYER (Rep.), of River Falls, was born October 11, 1545. in the town of Janesville, Rock county, Wisconsin, and has always resided in the state; received a colle- giate education, graduating at Milton college in 1870; is by profession a teacher; be was a corporal in Co. C, 40th Regt. Wis. Vols., and a sergeant in Co. D. 40th Regt. Wis. Vols ; was principal of the public schools of Menomonie, from 1570 to 1575, and resigned to accept a position as conductor of teachers' institutes in the River Falls Normal school, which posi- tion he held until his nomination as assemblyman: was elected member of assembly for 1885; returned to his position as conductor of teachers' Institutes at close of session of legislature; was elected mayor of River Falls in the spring of 1876; was nominated for state superintendent by the republican convention in September, 15%, and was elected. receiving 139.320 votes against 119.23 for Edward McLoughlin, democrat; 17, 124 votes for J. J. Blaisdell. prohibitionist, an 1 15.005 votes for J. K. McGregor, people's candidate: re- elected in 1858, receiving 176, 78 votes against 151,520 votes for Amos Squire, democrat; 14,453 votes for J. H. Gould. prolub:tionist, 8,000 votes for Jas. W. Stewart, union labor, and 15 scattering. Plurality 22,208.
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RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
ATLEY PETERSON (Rep.), of Soldier's Grove, Wis., was born at Lerdal, Norway, Feb- ruary 21, 1847; received a common school and commercial college education in Crawford county and Madison, Wisconsin; is by occupation a lumberman and farmer; came to Wis- consin in 1852 and settled in Vernon county, and moved to Crawford county in 1533; was postmaster at Soldier's Grove from 1869 to 1886: was elected member of assembly in 1879, 1880, 1881 and 1832; has been chairman of the town of Clayton for four years, and was chairman of the county board of supervisors; was elected Railroad Commissioner in 1886 on the republican ticket, receiving 131,396 votes, against 116,0,0 votes for James Meehan, · democrat; 17,124 votes for Ole A. Ritan, prohibitionist : 21,524 votes for Henry Ziun, people's; re-elected in 1888, receiving 176,124 votes against 155,087 votes for Herman Naber, democrat; 14,573 votes for E. W. Drake, prohibitionist, 8,633 votes for Frank J. Heines, union labor and 23 votes scattering. Plurality 21,037.
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE.
PHILIP CHEEK, Jr. (Rep.), of Baraboo, Sauk county, was born in Silverton, Somerser shire, England, May 11, 1841; received a common school education in Wisconsin, and is by profession an attorney-at-law; came to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled at Excelsior, Sauk county, and since 1871 has resided at Baraboo; was clerk of the circuit court of Sauk county from January, 1871, to January. 1877; district attorney from January, 150. to January, 1885; enlisted in April, 1861, as private in Co. A, 6th Wis. Vol. Inf .: participated in the bat -* tles of Rappahannock Station. Gainesville, Second Bull Run, South Mountain and Antietam, and was discharged for wounds received at Antietam; served as deputy provost marshal of the 3d congressional district from November 17, 1863, till close of war; was elected on the republican ticket for the office of commissioner of insurance in 1856, receiving 131,140 votes against 116,358 votes for John Karel, democrat; 21,305 votes for Ritner Stephens. people's, and 17,252 votes for B. F. Parker, prohibition. Re-elected in 1588, receiving 176.333 votes against 151,951 votes for Evan W. Evans, democrat; 14,511 votes for S. M. Bixby, pro- hibitionist; 8,695 votes for Ritner Stephens, labor, and 10 scattering. Plurality 21,402 votes.
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WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
The senate consists of thirty-three members, who hold their office for four years, and receive a compensation of $500 for each regular session. Senators representing odd num- bered districts were elected in 1886, and hold office until January 1. 1891. Those from even numbered districts were elected in 1883, and hold office until January 1, 1533. The popula- tion given is from the census of 1885.
The lieutenant-governor is president of the senate, but can vote only in case of a tid, when he has the casting vote therein.
The senate contains 24 republicans, 6 democrats, 2 union labor and one independent.
President of the Senate.
HIS HONOR, THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
First District.
Door, Marinette and Oconto counties. Population, 1885 - 42, 251.
EDWARD SCOFIELD (Rep.), of Oconto, Wis., was born in Clearfield county, Pennsylva nia, March 23, 1812, received a common school education and is by occupation a luinber man; came to Wisconsin in 1868 and settled at Oconto; enlisted in Co. K. 11th Pa. Reserves, June 7, 1861; he was successively promoted to corporal and sergeant, and April 15, 1863, to 1st lieutenant; after the battle of South Mountain he was commissioned captain: he par- ticipated in all the battles and marches of his regiment up to the battles of the Willerness, May 5, 1861, where he was taken prisoner; he was reported dead and his friends mourned him and thus he was permitted to read his own obituary; he was a prisoner ten months, during which time he was incarcerated in twelve different southern prisons; he was re- leased at Wilmington, N. C., March 1, 1505; March 13, 1865, he was breretted major; since the war he was engaged with the engineer corps of the A. & G. W. R. R., and is now an active member of the Marinette Saw Mill Co .; was elected state senator for the First Senate district in 1886 for four years, receiving 6. 177 votes against 5,013 votes for Amos Holgate, democrat; was chairman of the committee on Eugrossed Bills in the 38th session.
Second District.
Brown and Calumet counties. Population, 1885-54,558.
ENOS WARREN PERSONS (Dem.), of De Pere, Brown county, was born at Sheldon. Wyoming county, New York, October 27, 1530: received a common school education, also instruction at Aurora Academy: came to Wisconsin in 1853, and settled at Albany. Green county, where he resided until 1866, then removed to Glenmore. Brown county, and in 18.3 to De Pere; is president of the Wineyard & Persons Co., dealers in grain, and general store; has been a member of the school board three years: supervisor and member of assembly for 1885 and 1886. In 1888 he was elected to the state senate, receiving 5,615 votes, against 3,282 votes, for Peter Werner, republican, and 156 votes, for D. J. Miller, prohibitionist.
Third District.
Racine county. Population, 1883 - 35, 358.
HENRY ALLEN COOPER (Rep.), of Racine, Wisconsin, was born in Walworth county. Wisconsin; received a common school and collegiate education; graduated at Northwestern University in 1973, and from Union College of Law, Chicago, in 1973; is by profession a lawyer; resided in Chicago from 1873 to 1579, otherwise has always made Wisconsin his home; began practice of his profession at Burlington, in 1979; in Iso was elected district attorney of Racine county, and was re-elected without opposition in 1992 and 11; was a delegate to the national republican convention of 15%1; member of board of educatian o. Racine, 1999-2, and was elected state senator in 1536, receiving 3.334 votes against 2. 000 votes for Thomas Graham, people's candidate, and 30 votes for J. P. Corse, prohibitionist.
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Fourth District.
First, Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth and Eighteenth wards of Milwaukee. Population, 18:5-34, 423.
JOHN J. KEJIPF (Rep.), of Milwaukee, was born in the town of Granville, near Good Hope, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, in 1957; received a common school and commercial education; settled in Milwaukee in 1871, and has been engaged in the boot and shoe busi- ness since 1878; was elected alderman from the Sixth ward for one term; and state senator for four years in 1853, receiving 5, 262 votes against 3,631 votes for August Rebhahn, demo- crat, 1,301 votes for Theodore Fritz, labor, and 22 votes for Bierney Hand, prohibitionist.
Fifth District.
Second, Fourth, Seventh, Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards of the city of Milwaukee. Popula- tion, 1885 - 49,259.
THEODORE FRITZ (Peo.), of 573 3d street, Milwaukee, was born at Falkenburg, Prus- sia, August 27, 1851: was educated at the public and private schools in Milwaukee, and is by occupation a grocer; came to Wisconsin in 1856 and settled in Milwaukee the same year; was elected on May 2, 1832, to represent the sixth ward in the common council for the unexpired term of Henry Smith, resigned, and was re-elected the following spring (1883) for the full term, serving his ward as an alderman four year; was nominated and elected state senator for the Fifth district by the people's party in 1886, receiving 5,612 votes, against 4,322 votes for Fred. Isenring, republican, and 2,939 votes for Garrett Dunck, democrat, and 52 votes for F. W. Wallace, prohibitionist.
Sixth District.
Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Fourteenth wards, city of Milwaukee. Population, 1885-58,332.
HERMAN KROEGER (U. L.), of Milwaukee, was born in Coesfeldt, Westphalia, Prus- sia, December 16, 1831; received a common school education at Coesfeldt, and is by occupa- tion a dry goods merchant; came to Wisconsin in 1St1, and settled in Milwaukee, where he has since resided; was alderman for the Fifth ward for the years 1858 and 1533; was elected. to the state senate in 1888 for four years, receiving 6, SC4 votes against 5,070 for A. W. Hill, republican.
Seventh District.
The Tenth and Seventeenth wards of Milwaukee, and towns of Franklin, Granville, Greeu- field, Lake, Milwaukee, Oak Creek and Wauwatosa. Population, 1855 -42, 153.
CHRISTIAN WIDULE (Rep.), of 630 Chestnut Street, Milwaukee, was born in the village of Tarnowitz, Province of Silesia, Prussia. July 19, 1845; received a common school educa- tion and is by profession a druggist; entered the drug business as an apprentice in 1852; established in business in 158, and is at present senior member of the drug firm of Widule and Conrath; came to Wisconsin in 1940 with his parents and settled in the second ward of the city of Milwaukee, and has resided there ever since, except two years (1807 and part of 1868) spent in Missouri; was member of assembly in 1879, being the first straight republican member ever elected in the district; was elected state senator in 150 for four years, receiv. ing 3,366 votes against 2,718 votes for George Abert, democrat, 2,313 votes for MI. J. Malloy, people's, and 83 votes for E. W. Drake, prohibitionist.
Lighth District.
Kenosha and Walworth counties. Population, 1885 - 41, 93.
JAMES C. REYNOLDS (Rep.), of Lake Geneva, was born in Exeter, Green county, wis., July 17, 1819; received a common school and partial collegiate education at Beloit and Racine colleges; is by profession a physician, in practice since 1870, having graduated at Rush Medical college, Chicago, and Bellevue Medical college, New York ; has always resided in Wisconsin with the exception of five years- 1570 to 1575- in Dakota; hasbeen a member of the village board of Lake Geneva several times; has held no other public office; was elected member of assembly for 185 and re-elected in 196, receiving 1,58 votes against 607 votes for P. H. Moore, democrat, and 369 votes for S. C. Ford, prohibitionist; was chair- man of the committee on Railroads in the 39th assembly; elected to the state sonate in 1858 for four years, receiving 6,070 votes, against 3, 686 votes for James M. Kellogg, deino- crat, and 751 votes for Joseph Collie, prohibitionist.
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Ninth District.
Green Lake, Portage and Waushara counties and the towns of Spencer, Day, Bergen. Brighton, Eau Plaine, Cleveland, Mosinee, Hall, Wien, Marathon, Holton. Johnson, Reit- brock and Halsey, and the village of Marathon in Marathon county. Population, 1555 - 66,786.
GEORGE FITCH (Rep.), of Berlin, Green Lake county, Wisconsin, was born at Glen Falls, Warren county, N. Y., November 3, 1848; was educated in district school at Norwalk, Connecticut, and is by occupation a horticulturalist and lumberinan; resided in New York city from 1860 to 1871, and Norwalk, Connecticut, from 1855 to 1866; came to Wisconsin in 1871, and settled at Berlin; was elected mayor of Berlin, April, 1SS5, for two years; was elected senator for the ninth district in 1866, for four years, receiving 5, 275 votes against 3, 434 votes for J. J. Wood, Jr., democrat, and 583 votes for Albert A. Daniels, prohibitionist.
fenth District.
Pierce and St. Croix counties. Population, 1885 - 42,024.
HORACE A. TAYLOR (Rep.), of Hudson, St. Croix county, was born in Norfolk, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., May 24, 1837; was educated at Madrid, N. Y., and received a com- mon school and academical education; is at present engaged in the occupations of printing, dealing in real estate, lumbering and banking; came to Wisconsin in 1555 and settled at River Falls; was in Europe in 1878, and during the years 1881, 1882 and 1553; was state timber agent under Governors Ludington and Smith, from 1876 to 1881; was United States Consul at Mar- seilles, France, under President Garfield, appointed May, 1851, and resigned April, 1583; was chairman of the republican state central committee from May, 1881 to May. 1888-two terms; was elected state senator for four years in 1858, receiving 4.638 votes, against 3,276 votes, for John D. Putnam, democrat, and 562 votes for Henry Kane, prohibitionist.
Eleventh District.
Ashland, Florence, Forest, Oneida, Langlade, Lincoln, Price and Taylor counties. Popula- tion, 1885-20,661.
GEORGE F. MERRILL (Rep.), of Ashland, Wis., was born in Burnett, Dodge county, Wisconsin, February 17, 1847; attended the aca lemy at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and grad- uated from the State University in 1972, taking the classical course; is by profession a law- yer; resided at Depere, Wisconsin, from 1573 to 1583; never held office except as mem- ber of school board, in 1836; was elected state senator for the eleventh senate district in 1886, receiving 6,884 votes, against 6. 700 votes for John Edwards, democrat, and 18 votes for A. Stephenson, people's; was chairman of the committee on Assessment and Collec- tion of Taxes in the 38th session.
Twelfth District.
Greene and La Fayette counties. Population, 1885 - 43, 538.
PHINEAS J. CLAWSON (Rep.), of Monroe, Green county, was born at Cumberland, Green County, Penn., in 1833. Came to Wisconsin in 1851, and settled at Waukesha; in 1865. he moved to Green county, where he has since resided; attended school at Waukesha and graduated in 1863, from the State University at Madison; was clerk of circuit court of Greene county, two years and district attorney of the same county, eight years; enlisted in the 20th Wis. Inf., June 2, 1562; promoted to 1st Lieut. of Company A; wounded at the battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., and promoted on field; was at Seige of Vicksburg, and battle of Atchafalaya, Ark , Fort Morgan, Yazoo, Franklin Creek and Spanish Fort; was elected to the senate in 1888, receiving 4. 900 votes, against 4, 716 votes for H. H. Gray, democrat, 643 votes for J. F. Carl, prohibitionist and 181 votes for C. W. D. Leonard, union labor.
Thirteenth District. Dodge county. Population, 1883 -46, 333.
CHARLES A. PETTIBONE (Ind.), of Juneau. Dodge county, Wisconsin, was born in the town of Hartsville, Steuben county, New York, May 20, 1811; received a common schoo! and partial collegiate education at Waylatal and Lawrence universties: is by profession an eilitor: came to Wisconsin in 1550 and settled in the town of Bearer Dam, Dodge county;
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published the New London News, at New London, in 1874, and The Telephone, at Mayville, in 1877; enlisted Aug. 15, 1861, in Co. C, Ist Wis. Cavalry; served as private, second lieuten- ant and captain; acted as A. A. Q. M. of brigade and first division cavalry department of Cumberland; took part in most of the engagements in which the regiment participated: was mustered out of service March 7, 1865; was elected state senator for the thirteenth dis- trict in 1886, for four years, receiving 4, 621 votes, against 3, 722 votes for Jacob Beldon, and 337 votes for O. H. Crowl, prohibitionist; was chairman on the committee on Printing in the 38th session.
Fourteenth District.
Juneau and Sauk counties. Population, 1835- 46,333.
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FRANK AVERY (Rep.), of Baraboo, Wis., was born in Tenderten, Kent, England, No- vember 17, 1830; received an academic education; is a manufacturer and dealer in boots and shoes; emigrated to America in 1853 and settled at Syracuse, N. Y .; came to Wisconsin in April, 1856, and settled at Baraboo, where he has ever since resided; in 1576 was elected president of the village of Baraboo, and for the years 1584, 1885, 1866, 1887 and 1838, was elected supervisor for the first ward of the city; was elected a member of the assembly for 1887. Elected to the state senate in 1888, receiving 5,49S votes against 4,256 votes for Job N. .Grant, democrat; 729 votes for John Steele, prohibitionist, and 4 votes for John Babcock.
Fifteenth District.
Counties of Kewaunee and Manitowoc. Population, 1885 - 55,970.
WILLIAM F. NASH (dem.), of Two Rivers, Manitowoc county, was born in the town of Shelby, Orleans county, N. Y., February 2, 1817; took a select course at Lawrence Univer- sity, at Appleton; is an editor and publisher; came to Wisconsin in 1852 with his parents and settled in Rock county, near Janesville, which was his home until 1874, when he moved to Manitowoc county; served in the Union army as a private; was elected to the assembly in 1878 without opposition; and to the state senate in 1SS8, receiving 4,156 votes against 2,737 votes for C. F. Smalley, democrat, and 128 votes for Henry Goedgen, union labor.
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Crawford and Grant counties. Population, 1835 - 53, 458.
EDWARD I. KIDD (Rep.), of Millville, was born in Millville, May 10, 1545, and has resided ·there ever since; received a common school and partial academic education; is engaged in milling; he enlisted August 9, 1862, at the age of seventeen, in Company C, Twenty-fifth regiment, Wisconsin infantry, and was in all the battles and marches of the regi:nent, in- cluding the march to the Northwestern frontier against the Indians, the Vicksburg cam- paign, the Meridian expedition, the Atlanta campaign, "the march to the sen, " and through the Carolinas to Washington; he has held various local offices, and has been a member of the county board since 1871, with the exception of one year; was elected assemblyman for 1881 and 1882, and was re-elected for 1833; was elected state senator in 1554, receiving 4,213 votes against 3,257 votes for T. L. Cleary, democrat, and 332 for E. Carrington, prohibition- ist; was chairman of the Joint Committee on Claims in the 38th session: was re-elected in 1888, receiving 6,079 votes against 4,974 votes for H. D. York, democrat, and 522 votes for C. T. Cory, prohibitionist.
Seventeenth District.
Rock county. Population, 1855 - 42,620.
ALLEN PERRY LOVEJOY (Rep.), of Janesville, Wis., was born In Wayne, Maine, March 20, 1825; was educated in common schools and at Wesleyn Seminary, in Maine, and is by occupation a lumberman; came to Wisconsin in 1850 and settled at Janesville: resided at Beloit 1852 and 1953: was miyor of Janesville 1531-52; member of assembly in 15,2: was elected senator for the seventeenth senate district in 1956 for four years, receiving 3,21) votes against 2.235 votes for Thomas Hutson, democrat, and IS1 votes for William A. Lawrence, prolubitionist
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Eighteenth District.
The towns of Alto, Byron, Eldorado, Empire, Fond du Lac, Friendship, Lamartine, Meto- men, Oakfield, Ripon, Rosendale, Springvale, Waupun, north ward of the city of Wau- pun, and the cities of Fond du Lac and Ripon, in the county of Fond du Lac. Population, 1885-34,172.
SAMUEL B. STANCHFIELD (Rep.), of Fond du Lac, was born in Leeds, Androscoggin county, Maine, March 17, 1837; received a common school education in Maine, and is by occupation a farmer: came to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled at Fonddu Lac: was town clerk from 1874 to 1878; chairman of the county board for the years 1SS7 and 1856: presi- dent of the town insurance company from 18.3 to 1884, since that time secretary and treas- urer of the same company; president of the Fond du Lac County Agricultural Society two years; president of the Wisconsin Central Stock Growers and Industrial Association for 1887, 1888, and elected for 1839; was elected to the assembly for the years 1865 and 1886. In 1888, he was elected state senator for four years, receiving 3,520 votes against 3, 011 votes for James Fenelon, democrat, 267 votes for G. C. Hill, prohibitionist, and 79 votes for C. F. Graves, labor.
Nineteenth Disrtict.
Winnebago county, except town and city of Menasha. Population, 1885-45,S71.
GEORGE H. BUCKSTAFF (Rep.), of Oshkosh, was born in the parish of Dumbarton, Charlotte county, New Brunswick, March 8, 1837; had a common school education; is a lum- berman; came to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled at Oshkosh; enlisted in 1861 in Co. A., First Regiment Wisconsin Infantry, and served three years; was wounded at Chickamauga. Sep- tember 19, 1863, and was discharged October 11. 1864; was a member of the county board in 1878 and 1879; was elected to the assembly for 1831, and was re-elected for 1832: was elected to the state senate in 1886, receiving 4, 179 votes against 3,957 votes for D. R. Bean, democrat and people's, and 553 for W. W. Race, prohibitionist; was chairman of the com- mittee on Privileges and Elections, in the 38th session, and chairman of the committee on Insurance, Banks and Banking.
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Twentieth District.
The county of Sheboygan, and the towns of Ashford, Auburn, Calumet, Eden, Forest, Marshfield, Osceola and Taycheedah, in the county of Fond du Lac. Population, 1555 -51,250.
MAJOR C. MEAD, (Dem.), of Plymouth, Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, was born in the town of Lyndon, Sheboygan county, Wis., June 26, 1858; received a common and high school education; graduated in the law department of the State University in the class of 1881; is by profession a lawyer; has always resided in Sheboygan county; never beld any public office before; was elected to the state senate in 1858, receiving 6,249 votes, against 8,874 for Asa Carpenter, republican.
Twenty-first District.
Shawano and Waupaca counties, and towns of Texas, Easton. Wausau, Weston, Norrie, Pike Lake, Kronenweth, Knowlton and city of Wausau, in Marathon county. Population, 1885-55,404.
JOHN E. LEAHY (Rep.), of Wausau, Wisconsin, was born at Dover, New Hampshire, February 15, 1812; was educated in a log school house in Portland, Dodge county, Wisconsin, and spent part of four years at the State University, but did not graduate; left the uni- versity and went into the army in 1863; is by occupation a lumberman; came to Wisconsin in 1849 and settled in Dodge county; lived there until he moved to Wausau; was first lieu- tenant of company C, 35th Wisconsin Vol. Infantry, and commanded the company during its whole term of service; was engaged in several skirmishies in Louisiana and Arkansas and took part in the seige and capture of Mobile, Alabama, and its surrounding fois; was a member of the city council three years in succession, 1873-8)-81, and mayor of the c.ty thre terms in succession ; was a member of the city school board six years; was elected member of assembly for Marathon county in 1552; was elected to the state senate in 1856, for four years, receiving 6,766 votes against 5,218 votes for J. H. Woodnorth, democrat; was chair man of the committee on Manufacturing and Commerce in the 35th session.
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Twenty-second District.
Outagamie county and the city and town of Menasha in the county of Winnebago. Popu- lation, 1SS5- 40,083.
WILLIAM KENNEDY (Dem.), of Appleton. Outagamie county, was born in county Limerick, Ireland, January 1, 1811; received a common school and partial collegiate educa- tion; is by profession a lawyer: came to Wisconsin in 1857, settling at Whitewater, where he remained until 1830, when he removed to Janesville, and thenee in 1871 to Appleton, where he has continued to reside; was district attorney of Outagamie county twelve years, or from 1822 to January 1, 1835; was elected state senator in 1884, receiving 8,488 votes against 4,201 for Oscar Thilmany, republican, and 63 for E. D. Kanouse, prohibitionist.
Twenty-third District.
Jefferson county and the towns of Delafield, Eagle, Genesee, Merton, Mukwonago, Ottawa, Oconomowoc, Summit and Vernon, and the city of Oconomowoc in Waukesha county. Population, 1885-48,617.
WALTER S. GREENE (Dem.), of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, was born at Salisbury, Her- kimer county, New York, March 23, 1834; passed a partial collegiate course at Madison University and Beloit College, and is by occupation a manufacturer: came to Wisconsin in 1847, and settled at Milford, Wisconsin; resided at Prairie du Chien in 1953 and 1851; re- turned to Milford in 1854, and resided there until 1883; moved to Fort Atkinson, May, 1553; has been chairman of town board 1876, '77, '78, '80, '82. '83, '55 and 'So: chairman of the county board 1882, '83, '85 and '86; member of assembly in 1862: county treasurer 1863 and 1864; senator 1873, '74; was one of the judges from this state to the Centennial Exposition in 1876; was elected state senator for the twenty-third district in 1886, receiving 3,601 votes against 2,464 for J. W. Ostrander, republican, and 260 votes for Geo. W. Jenkins. prohibi- tionist.
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