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JOHN LENDRUM MITCHELL (Dem.), of Milwaukee, was born in Milwaukee, Octeber 19, 1842; received an academic education; was second lieutenant of Co. I and first neu- tenant of Co. E, 24th Wis. Vols. Inf. in the War of the Rebellion; was adjutant of brigade, aide-de-camp and ordnance officer of division; participated in the battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro and Hoover's Gap; was state senator in 1872-73, 1876-77; president of the school board of Milwaukee, 1884-85; member of the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers in 1885; president of the Wisconsin State Agricultural society in 1889-90; was elected to the Fifty-second Congress from the Milwaukee district in 1890, and re-elected in 1892, receiving 19,616 votes against 18,294 for Theodore Otjen, Republi- can; 820 for Theodore Fritz, People's party; 349 for E. L. Eaton, Prohibitionist. He was elected, as a Democrat, to succeed Philetus Sawyer in the United States senate, receiving 77 votes in joint legislative convention, against 46 for John C. Spooner, republican, and 1 for Gen. Edward S. Bragg. His term of office will expire March 4, 1899.
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REPRESENTATIVES.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
First District.
Kenosha, Racine, Walworth, Rock, Green and Lafayette counties. Population in 1890- 165,920.
HENRY ALLEN COOPER (Rep.), of Racine, Wis., was born in Walworth county, Wis- consin; received a common school and collegiate education, graduating at the Northwest- ern University in 1873, and from the Union College of Law in 1875; is by profession a lawyer; resided in Chicago from 1873 to 1879; otherwise has always resided in Wisconsin; began practice in Burlington, Racine county, in 1879; in 1880 was elected district attorney; re-elected without opposition in 1882 and 1884; delegate to national republican convention in 1884; state senator in 1886; was elected member of the Fifty-third Congress in 1892, re- ceiving 20,222 votes against 16,449 votes for Clinton Babbitt, democrat, and 2, 021 for T.C. Murdock, prohibitionist.
Second District.
Jefferson, Dodge, Dane and Columbia counties. Population, 1890-155, 809.
CHARLES BARWIG (Dem.), of Mayville, Dodge county, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, March 19, 1837; was educated in Milwaukee and graduated from the Spencerian Business College in that city in 1857; located in Mayville in 1865, where he has since resided; is by occupation a distiller and rectifier, but has retired from business; was elected to the Fifty-first Congress in 1888; to the Fifty-second in 1890, and was re-elected to the Fifty- third Congress in 1892, receiving 21,303 votes against 15,003 for Lucien B. Caswell, republi- can, and 1,777 for G. S. Martin, prohibitionist.
Third District.
Grant, Iowa, Crawford, Richland, Sauk, Vernon, Juneau and Adams. Population in 1890-172,572.
JOSEPH WEEKS BABCOCK (Rep.), of Necedah, Juneau county, was born at Swan- ton Falls, Vermont, March 6, 1850; received a common school education at Cedar Falls and Mount Vernon, Iowa; came to Wisconsin in 1881; prior to that time residing on a farm in Butler county, Iowa, from 1856 to 1861; in Cedar Falls, Iowa, from 1861 to 1872; and in Du- buque, Iowa, from 1872 to 1881; was chairman of the town of Necedah and president of that village; member of the assembly of the Wisconsin legislature in 1889 and 1890; was elected to the Fifty-third congress in 1892 for the full term, from March 4, 1893, to March 4, 1895, receiving 19,506 votes against 16,419 for A. H. Krouskop, democrat, 1,820 for J. homas, prohibitionist, and 954 for R. Stevens, people's party.
Fourth District.
The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth wards of the city of Mil- waukee (all the city except the Tenth and Thirteenth wards), and the towns of Franklin. Greenfield, Lake and Oak Creek, in Milwaukee county. Population in 1890-181, 975.
John Lendrum Mitchell was elected as representative from this district at the general election in 1892, but was elected United States Senator on January 27th, 1893, and at the date of publication of the Blue Book, his successor had not been elected. See biographi- cal sketch of Senator-elect, Mitchell, on page 615.
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Fifth District.
Sheboygan, Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties and the Tenth and Thirteenth wards of the city of Milwaukee, and the towns of Granville, Milwaukee and Wauwatosa in Milwaukee county. Population, 1890-167,579.
GEORGE H. BRICKNER (Dem.), of Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan county, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1834; received a common school education in Ohio; came to Wiscon- sin in 1855 and settled in Cascade, Sheboygan county; removed to Sheboygan Falls in 1868; has held various local offices; is by occupation a manufacturer of woolens; was elected in 1888 member of the Fifty-first Congress, in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; re-elected in 1892 to the Fifty-third, receiving 17,929 votes against 15,960 for Julius Wechselberg, re- publican, and 786 for M. Audier, people's party.
Sixth District.
Waushara, Marquette, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, Winnebago, Calumet and Manitowoc counties. Population, 1890-187,001.
OWEN A. WELLS (Dem.), of Fond du Lac, was born at Catskill, Green county, New York, February 4, 1844, and removed with his parents in his boyhood to Fond du Lac, where he has since resided; is a lawyer by profession, and interested in farming and stock raising; has held no public office, except that he was appointed collector of internal rev- enue by President Cleveland in 1885, and held the office for two years, when the districts were consolidated and his district merged; was delegate to the national democratic con- vention at St. Louis in 1888; was nominated for congress in 1892 on the 470th ballot, and was elected as a democrat, receiving 20,212 votes against 17,347 for Emil Baensch, repub- lican; 583 for P. A. Griffiths, people's party, and 892 for C. H. Forward, prohibitionist.
Seventh District.
Pepin, Eau Claire, Buffalo, Trempealeau, Jackson, Monroe and La Crosse counties. Population in 1890-150,331.
GEORGE B. SHAW (Rep.), of Eau Claire, was born March 12, 1854, in the village of Alma, Allegheny county, New York; came to Eau Claire in 1857, and has since resided there; received a common school education; in 1874 was elected secretary of the Daniel Shaw Lumber Co., an enterprise founded by his father, Daniel Shaw, one of the pioneers of northern Wisconsin, and has continuously held this office; has been a promoter of many of the quasi-public and manufacturing enterprises of Eau Claire; has been a delegate to state and national conventions of the republican party; was a member of the common council of the city of Eau Claire continuously for eleven years, and was then elected for two successive terms as mayor; has held various offices in the order of Knights of Pythias, and in 1890 was elected supreme chancellor; was elected to the Fifty-third Congress, re- ceiving 15,344 votes against 13,074 for F. P. Coburn, democrat; 1,635 for O. B. Olson, pro- hibitionist and 1,572 for D. F. Powell, people's party.
Eighth District.
Wood, Portage, Waupaca, Outagamie, Brown, Kewaunee and Door counties. Population, 1890-179,408.
LYMAN E. BARNES (Dem.), of Appleton, was born in Weyauwega, Waupaca county, Wisconsin, June 30th, 1855; was educated in the public schools; was admitted to the bar in 1876 after four years' study in a law office and at Columbia Law School, New York; began the practice of law in Appleton in 1876, and soon afterward formed a partnership with Judge Goodland (now one of the circuit judges of Wisconsin), which continued till 1882; removed to Rockledge, Brevard county, Florida, where he remained about five years; he practiced law there; was nominated by acclamation for state senator by the democratic party of Bevard and Dade counties, but declined; returned to Appleton and resumed the practice of his profession; was district attorney of Outagamie county; has held no other public office; is a democrat, and was elected as such to the Fifty-third Congress, receiving 18,194 votes against 15,167 votes for Henry A. Frambach, republican, and 736 votes for J. P. Zonne, prohibitionist.
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Ninth District.
Clark, Taylor, Price, Ashland, Oneida, Lincoln, Marathon, Shawano, Langlade, Forest, Florence, Marinette and Oconto counties. Population, 1890-164, 777.
THOMAS LYNCH (Dem.), of Antigo, Langlade county, was born in Granville, Mil- waukee county, November 21, 1844; was educated in the common schools and graduated from the College of Law, University of Wisconsin in 1875; removed to Calumet county in 1864; is by profession a lawyer; was member of the Assembly in 1872 from Calumet county; was district attorney of Calumet county in 1878 and 1880; removed to Antigo in 1883; was mayor of Antigo in 1885 and 1888; was elected to the Fifty-second congress in 1890, and re- elected in 1892, receiving 19,608 votes against 16,519 for M. H. McCord, republican, and 1,423 for A. D. Pergoli, people's party.
Tenth District.
Bayfield, Douglas, Burnett, Sawyer, Washburn, Polk, Barron, Chippewa, St. Croix, Dunn, and Pierce. Population, 1890-149,869.
NILS P. HAUGEN (Rep.), of River Falls, Pierce county, was born in the parish of Modum, Norway, Europe, March 9th, 1849 ; received a common school education ; gradu- ated from the law department of the Michigan State University in 1874; came to Wisconsin in 1854 and settled in Pierce county; was phonographic reporter for the eighth and eleventh judicial circuits for several years; was member of the assembly in 1879 and 1880; was rail- road commissioner of the state of Wisconsin in 1882 ; was elected to the forty-ninth con- gress on January 18, 1887, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Wm. T. Price; was elected to the fiftieth congress in 1887; to the fifty-first in 1888 ; to the fifty-second in 1890, and to the fifty-third in 1892, receiving in this last election 17,674 votes, against 13,044 for D. Buchanan, Jr., democrat, and 4,186 for P. L. Scritsmeier, people's party.
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STATE OFFICERS.
Terms of office expire on the first Monday in January, 1805.
GOVERNOR.
GEORGE WILBUR PECK (Dem.), of Milwaukee, was born September 29, 1840, at Hen- derson, Jefferson county, New York; came to Wisconsin in 1843 with his parents, who settled at Cold Spring, Jefferson county; received a common school education and learned the art of printing, which occupation he followed until 1863, when he enlisted in the Fourth Regiment, Wisconsin Cavalry; was commissioned second lieutenant in 1864, and served with the regiment until its muster-out in 1866, the last year of service being on the Rio Grande in Texas, after the close of the war. Returning to Wisconsin he published a paper at Ripon for two years; then he was engaged in editorial work in New York for two years; in 1871 removed to La Crosse and, for two years, was the editor of the Democrat; in 1874 engaged in the publication of the Sun; which a few years later he removed to Milwaukee. This enterprise proved to be a great financial success, the paper having an immense circu- lation; was city treasurer of Ripon in 1867; chief of police of La Crosse in 1873; chief clerk of the assembly in 1873-74; mayor of Milwaukee in 1890, which position he resigned upon his election as governor. In 1800 he was elected as governor, receiving 160,338 votes against 132,068 for William D. Hoard, republican, 5,477 for Reuben May, union labor, and 11,246 for Charles Alexander, prohibition, and 105 blank. He was re-elected in 1892, receiving 178,245 votes, against 170,538 for John C. Spooner, republican, 13,265 for Thomas C. Rich- mond, prohibitionist, and 9,640 for C. M. Butt, people's party.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
CHARLES JONAS (Dem.), of Racine, was born at Malesaw in Bohemia, October 30, 1840; graduated from the Bohemian Real School at Prague in 1859, and entered the Poly- technic Institute, attending, aiso, courses of lectures at the university. He left his native country in October, 1860, and was employed in London, England, as newspaper corres- pondent; came to the United States in March, 1863, and settled at Racine, where he now resides; is editor and publisher of the Rodina, a literary journal, and of the Slavie, a demo- cratic newspaper, both in the Bohemian language; was member of the board of managers of the State Industrial School for Boys in 1873-74; alderman of Racine in 1876-80; president of the common council of Racine in 1878-80; member of assembly in 1878; state senator for the years 1883-86; appointed U. S. Consul at Prague by President Cleveland, November 17, 1886, serving as such until July 16, 1889; was elected lieutenant-governor in 1890, receiving 159,710 votes against 124,746 for Joseph B. Treat, republican; 13,361 for Wm. R. Nethercut, prohibitionist, and 7,000 for Nelson E. Allen, union labor. His plurality was 34,974. He was re-elected in 1892, receiving 176, 860 votes against 170,097 for John C. Koch, 13,122 for Gilbert Shepard, prohibitionist, and 9,885 for M. Pattison, people's party.
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SECRETARY OF STATE.
THOMAS JEFFERSON CUNNINGHAM (Dem.), of Chippewa Falls, was born in Brook- tyn, N. Y., March 17, 1852; received a common school education at New Haven, Conn. ; came lo Wisconsin in 1869, and settled at Stoughton, Dane county; is a printer and editor; re- moved to Chippewa Falls October 6, 1875, where he now resides; was clerk in the office of the secretary of state from January, 1873, to October, 1875; mayor of Chippewa Falls, Wis., from April, 1885, to May, 1886; delegate from the Ninth congressional district to the national democratic convention at Cincinnati in 1880; member of the assembly from Chip- pewa county, in 1887; was elected secretary of state in 1890, receiving 160,493 votes against 124,764 for Edwin D. Coe, republican, 7,115 for Wm. N. Lockwood, union labor, 11,635 for George McKerrow, prohibitionist, and 153 scattering or blank. His plurality was'35, 729. He was re-elected in 1892, receiving 177,052 votes against 169,718 for R. W. Jackson, repub- lican, 9,670 for A. Broughton, people's party, and 13,172 for E. F. Russell, prohibitionist.
STATE TREASURER.
JOHN HUNNER (Dem.), of Eau Claire, was born at Buffalo, N. Y., November 12, 1843. Received a common school and business college education; is by occupation a wholesale grocer; came to Wisconsin in 1862 and settled at Alma, where he remained until the fall of 1872, when he removed to Eau Claire; was editor of the Alma Journal from 1864 to 1872; business manager and city editor of the Eau Claire Free Press from 1872 to 1880; elected first president of the village of Alma, in 1866; city clerk of Eau Claire, 1879-80; mayor in 1890; is at present secretary of the Eau Claire Grocery Company; was elected state treas- urer in 1890, receiving 160,744 votes against 125,268 for Albert R. Geilfuss, republican; 6,554 for Alfred Manheimer, U. L .; 12,779 for Robert Fargo, prohibitionist; 1 for John Weise, 1 for J. Flannigan, 1 for L. Bennett, and 153 blank. His plurality was 35,476. He was re- elected in 1892, receiving 177,466 votes to 169,434 for A. Petersen, republican; 9,617 for A. Manheimer, people's party, and 13,185 for J. C. Martin, prohibitionist.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
JAMES L. O'CONNOR (Dem.), of Madison, was born in Hartford, Washington county, Wisconsin, in 1858; was educated in the common schools and at the State University at. Madison; spent three years in the University proper, two years in the law school, from which he graduated in 1881; is a lawyer by profession, and member of the firm of Bash- ford, O Connor & Polleys, Madison; was assistant clerk in the assembly in 1874; district at- torney of Dane county from 1884 to 1888, and city attorney of the city of Madison in 1890; was elected attorney general in 1890, receiving 159,716 votes against 126,310 for James. O'Neill, republican; 7,108 for Michael Shicl, union labor; 11,282 for Byron E. VanKuren, prohibitionist, 1 for Bennett Luther, and 146 blank. His plurality was 33,406. He was re-elected in 1892, receiving 177,147 votes against 169,444 for James O'Neill, republican; 9,675 for M. W. Stevens, people's party ; 13,196 for F. A. Watkins, prohibitionist.
STATE SUPERINTENDENT.
OLIVER ELWIN WELLS (Dem.), of Appleton, was born at Lamartine, Fond du Lac county, July 2, 1853; received a common school and part collegiate education, complet- ing at Chicago University, in June, 1878, the sophomore year of the ancient classical course, doubling the work in Greek and Latin throughout the year; resided in Vermont from February, 1859, to November, 1862, when he returned to Fond du Lac county; resided there until 1878, when he removed to Waupaca county to accept the principalship of the school in the village of Manawa, where he remained until 1880, when he removed to New London to serve as principal of south side school, which position he held until 1882, when he was elected without opposition county superintendent of schools of Waupaca county; re-elected in 1884, and served to 1887, when he was chosen principal of the third district school of the city of Appleton, to which placc he removed and now resides; was unanimously re-elected for 1890, but declined to accept as he desired to engage in editorial work; was elected secretary of the Wisconsin State Teachers' Association in 1887, and held the position by re-election until 1889; was elected state superintendent in 1890, receiving 159,034
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votes, against 126,989 for Lorenzo D. Harvey, republican; 6,908 for Joseph Stewart, union' labor; 11,864 for Henry Lummis, prohibition; 1 for Mrs. Starks, and 150 blank. His: plurality was 32,015. Was re-elected in 1892, receiving 176,666 votes, against 169,737 for W. H. Chandler, republican; 13,258 for L. W. Underwood, prohibition ; 9,722 for Sarah Potter, farmers' alliance; 1 for Emil Baensch, and 175 blank.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
THOMAS THOMPSON (Dem.), of Independence, was born in Varmeland, Sweden, November 7, 1851; came to Wisconsin in 1857 and settled at Norway, Racine county, where he remained until 1864, then removed to Trempealeau county, where he now resides; re- ceived a common school education; is by occupation a merchant; was nominee for presi- dential elector in 1888; was supervisor in 1888, and president of village in 1889-90; was elected railroad commissioner in 1890, receiving 158,293 votes against 124,140 for Syver E. Brimi, republican; 7,494 for Bella S. Bishop, union labor; 12,713 for John Q. Black, prohibi- tionist; 1 for John Lundt, and 169 blank. His plurality was 34,153; was re-elected in 1892, re- ceiving 176,709 votes against 169,482 for J. D. Bullock, republican; 9,784 for Charles Hatch, people's party, and 13,233 for J. E. Clayton, prohibitionist.
COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE.
WILBUR M. ROOT (Dem.), of Sheboygan, Wis., was born at Cleveland, Ohio, Decem- ber 27, 1843; received a common school education, and is by occupation a marble dealer; came to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled at Plymouth, Sheboygan county; moved to Sheboy- gan city in 1871; was a justice of the peace for several years, sheriff in 1871-72, and 1883-84; chief of police of Sheboygan, 1887-39; alderman two years, 1889-90, resigning said office to accept the office of insurance commissioner; was member of assembly in 1879-80, '82 and '87; enlisted April 23, 1861, in Co. C, 4th Wis. Cavalry, and discharged July 9, 1864, on expira- tion of enlistment; was elected commissioner of insurance in 1890, receiving 157,440 votes against 124,018 for David Schreiner, republican; 6,960 for Charles Hatch, union labor; 13,096 for Andrew Peterson, prohibition, and 176 blank. His plurality was 33,422. He was re-elected in 1892, receiving 176,792 votes against 169,474 for J. E. Heg, republican; 9,646 for Eugene Low, people's party; 13,232 for O. A. Ritan, prohibitionist.
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WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
The senate consists of thirty-three members, who hold their offices for four years. Their compensation is $500 for each regular session. Senators representing odd numbered dis- tricts were elected in 1890, and those representing even numbered districts were elected in 1892. The lieutenant-governor is president of the senate, having only the casting vote in case of a tie.
The senate, at the session of 1893, consists of 26 democrats and 7 republicans.
President of the Senate. HON. CHARLES JONAS, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
President Pro. Tem. HON. ROBERT J. MACBRIDE.
First District.
Door. Kewaunee and Marinette counties. Population in 1890-52.139.
JOHN FETZER (Dem.), of Forestville, Door county, was born in Ingelheim, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, July 8, 1949; received a common and high school education, is a merchant and miller by occupation; came to Wisconsin ir. 1850 and settled in Manitowoc, removing thence to Door county in 1867; enlisted in Co. B., Ninth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, in September, 1861, and served to December, 1864; was engaged in all the battles in which the regiment participated; was wounded at the battle of Saline Bottoms, April 30, 1864; was commissioned captain by brevet for gallantry in that battle; was elected chairman of the town board in 1868, and has held the office ever since, except for three years; has been chairman of the county board for three terms; has been school district clerk and justice of the peace since 1868; was member of the assembly in 1885; was elected to the senate in 1890, having successfully contested the election of Edward Schofield. He was found by the senate committee on 'rivileges and Elections to have received 3, 304 votes against 5, 284 for Schofield, republican.
Second District.
Brown and Oconto counties. Population, 1890 -- 54, 173.
ROBERT J. McGEEHAN (Dem.), of De Pere, Brown county, was born [in Canada, Au- gust 26, 1854; received a common school education; came to Wisconsin in 1870 and settled at De Pere; was alderman of the city in 1883, 1884 and 1885, supervisor on the county board in 1887-90, inclusive, and member of the board of trustees of the asylum for the chronic insane of the county for five years; was president of the Brown County Agricul- tural and Mechanical Association for two years; was re-clected at the last annual meeting; was member of the assembly for Second district of Brown county in 1889, re-elected in 1800; was elected state senator in 1892, receiving 5,049 votes against 4,449 for Edward Schofield, republican, and 14 for Robert Henderson, prohibitionist.
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Third District.
Racine and Kenosha counties. Population, 1890-51, 849.
ADAM APPLE (Dem.), of North Cape, Racine county, was born November 28, 1831, in Rhine Province, Bavaria; received a common school education; came to Wisconsin in 1856, and settled at Norway, Racine county; learned the trade of cabinet maker in Phila- delphia before coming to Wisconsin, and went to California during the early excitement about the discovery of gold; was chairman of the town board of his town for five years; member of assembly in 1882, 1883, 1885 and 1887; was elected state senator in 1890, receiv- ing 3,420 votes against 3,014 for John M. Driver, republican; 409 for William Paul, union labor, and 286 for S. C. Johnson, prohibitionist.
Fourth District.
The First, Third, Seventh, Thirteenth and Eighteenth wards of the city of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-45,390.
JAMES W. MURPHY (Dem.), of Milwaukee, was born at Little Falls, Herkimer county, New York, September 27, 1852; educated in common schools and graduated at University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana; came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1854, settling at Briggsville, Marquette county; resided in Milwaukee in 1869 and for several years follow- ing; returned to Briggsville and engaged in mercantile pursuits; was afterwards one of the proprietors of the Kirby House in Milwaukee from 1888 to 1892; was chairman of the town of Douglas and of the county board of Marquette county from 1877 to 1885; was member of the assembly in 1878, being the youngest member in either house; was appointed post office inspector in June, 1885, serving until July, 1889; was elected president of the Jefferson club in 1890-the largest democratic club in the northwest-and still holds the position; was elected to the state senate in 1892, receiving 5,214 votes against 4,824 for Isaac W. Van Schaick, republican, and 98 for William Bendike, prohibitionist, and 86 for Meschaff, peo- ple's party.
Fifth District.
The Fifth, Eighth, Twelfth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards of the city of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-52,163.
PAUL BECHTNER (Rep.), of Milwaukee, was born in Stuttgart, Wurtenberg, Ger- many, Dec. 19, 1847; came to the United States in 1848 and to Wisconsin in 1868, and settled in Milwaukee, where he has since resided; received an academic education, and is by occu- pation a publisher and manufacturer; was elected school commissioner for the Second ward in 1873 and president of the school board in 1884, member of the board of trustees of the Milwaukee County Insane Asylum in 1885, and president of that board the following year; was elected alderman for the Second ward in 1886 and the Fifteenth ward in 1889. Was elected to the state senate in 1890, receiving 4,821 votes against 4,162 for F. W. von Cotzhausen, democrat, and 162 for C. A. Van Ness, populist.
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