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Thirty-second District.
La Crosse and Trempealeau counties. Population, 1890-57,721.
LEVI WITHEE (Rep.), of LaCrosse, LaCrosse county, was born in Norridgewock, Me., October 26, 1834, and received a common school education in Maine; came to Wisconsin in 1853, and settled at LaCrosse; has for the most of the time resided there since; is by occu- pation a lumberman; has not before held public office; was elected state senator in 1892, re- ceiving 5,802 votes to 5,293 for George Y. Freeman, democrat, 644 for John N. Jones, people's party, and 38 for C. H. Van Wormer, prohibitionist.
Thirty-third District.
Ozaukee and Washington counties, and the towns of Chester, Leroy, Lomira, Burnett, Williamstown, Theresa, Hubbard, Trenton, the south ward of the city of Waupun, and the city of Mayville, in the county of Dodge. Population in 1890-52, 778.
FREDERICK W. HORN (Dem.), of Cedarburg, was born in the village of Linum, pro- vince of Brandenburg, Prussia, August 21, 1815; entered the college of "Graue Kloster," Gray Friar, Berlin, but left before graduation, and soon entered the military service of Prussia; came to the United States in 1836; resided in New York till 1837, then went to Michigan and traveled through several of the western states, returning to Michigan in 1839; came to Wisconsin in 1840, remaining at Milwaukee till 181 , when he settled in Mequon, and removed thence to Cedarburg in 1847; was a lawyer by profession; was appointed justice of the peace for Washington county by Gov. Doty in 1842; was register of deeds in 1843 and '47; was elected as an independent candidate to the first senate in 1843, and re-elected in 1849 and '50; was elected member of the assembly in 1851, '54, '57, '59,'60,'67, '63, '72, '75, '82, '87, '89, and was speaker of that body in 1851, '54 and '75; was state commissioner of immigration, residing in New York, in 1854 and 1855; was delegate to the national democratic convention in 1860, and one of the vice presidents; delegate to the national democratic convention in New York in 1368; was mayor of the city of Cedarburg from its organization in 1885 until 1892; chairman of the county board for the last four years of life; was elected to the state senate in 1890, receiving 7,007 votes against 2,878 for J. E. Trottman, republican, and 21 for Thayer, prohibitionist; was elected speaker pro tem. of the senate in 1891; died while in office, at Cedarburg, January 15, 1893.
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ASSEMBLY.
The assembly consists of 100 members chosen biennially, by districts, and who receive a compensation of $500 for their term of office. The speaker is chosen by the members and receives $500 for his services in addition to his pay as a member.
The assembly for 1893 contains 55 democrats. 44 republicans.
Adams and Marquette Counties.
Population, 1800-16,565.
CLARENCE E. PEIRCE (Rep.), of Germania, Marquette county, was born in the town of Shields, Marquette county, Wisconsin, December 25, 1850, where he now resides; re- reived a common school education; took a full course in a commercial school at London, Canada; is by occupation a merchant and farmer; was elected to the assembly in 1890, re-elected in 1892, receiving in the last election 957 votes against 437 for Samuel Tanner, democrat.
Ashland County. Population -20,063.
MICHAEL G. M'GEEHAN (Dem.), of Hurley, Ashland county, was born in Canada, April 18, 1857, and there educated in the common schools; came to Wisconsin in 1870; settled at Depere; resided in Florence, Wis., in 1382; and came to Hurley in 1888; is by occupation a lumberman; was member of the town board in 1890 and 1891; was elected member of the legislature in 1893 by a vote of 2,481 to 2,317 for Wells M. Ruggles, republican.
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Barron County.
Population in 1890-15,416.
SEWELL A. PETERSON (Rep.), of Rice Lake, Barron county, was born in Norway in 1850; came to Wisconsin in 1864 and settled at Grant, Dunn county; in 1864 removed to Sand Creek, same county, in 1876 to Menomonie, in 1887 to Rice Lake, Barron county; was educated in the common schools, and business college at La Crosse; in early life followed farming, worked in the woods and on the drive and teaching school; is now a merchant; while living in Menomonie was first lieutenant W. N. G .; was town treasurer of Sand Creek in 1874 and 1875; register of deeds of Dunn county six years from January, 1876; alderman of Menomonie in 1886-7; city clerk of Rice Lake in 1838-91; electe 1 city treasurer in 1891; mayor in 1802, still holding; was elected member of the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,860 votes against 1,321 for Chas. L. Brecken, people's party, endorsed by democrats.
Bayfield, Burnett, Sawyer and Washburn Counties.
Population in 1890-16,686.
WILLIAM O'NEILL (Rep.), of Washburn, Bayfield county, was born in the town of Scott, Columbia county, Wisconsin, September 20, 1818, and attended schools in Columbia county until 11 years of age; enlisted in the 13th United States Infantry in the fall of 1861; served until March, 1862; was then discharged for disability; re-enlisted in June, 1862, in the 20th regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war, par- ticipating in all engagements in which the regiment took part; then traveled, sojourning in
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various states and territories from 1865 to 1872; then settled at Chippewa Falls, where he lived till 183), then removed to Eau Claire; thence to Washburn in 1886;" is by occupation a merchant; was elected chairman of town in 1837, and has been twice re-elected. In 1890 was elected president of the school board and still holds. In 1892 was elected to the assem- bly, receiving 2,906 votes, against 1,985 cast for Nels Nelson, democrat.
Brown County.
First District. - Bellevue, De Pere, Eaton, Humboldt, Green Bay, Glenmore, New Denmark, Preble, Scott and the city of Green Bay. Population in 1890-19, 496.
HENRY FRANZ HAGEMEISTER (Dem.), of Green Bay, Brown county, was born in Green Bay, November 18, 1855; received his education in the parochial and public schools; is by occupation the manager of a brewery; has resided since birth in Green Bay; was al- derman in the city of Green Bay in the years 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888; supervisor and member of county board in 1890, 1891 and 1892; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,819 votes against 1,388 for Peter Miller, republican.
Second District .- The towns of Allouez. Ashwaubenon, Howard, Suamico, Pittsfield, Law- rence, Morrison, Holland, Rockland, Wrightstown, and the cities of De Pere and Fort Howard. Population in 1890-19,668.
ANTON VAN DER HEIDEN (Dem.), of Wrightstown, in said county, was born in Hol- land, Europe, Deceniber 11, 1840; came with parents to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled in Holland, Wisconsin, where he received a common school education; settled in Wrights- town in 1867, where he is engaged in general mercantile and milling business; has served as chairman of the town five terms, in 1879, '80, '89, '90, and '91, besides serving as school district treasurer for several years; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,822 votes to 1,497 cast for Adolph Mueller, republican, and 139 for R. Henderson, prohibitionist.
Buffalo and Pepin Counties. Population in 1890-22,928.
DUNCAN J. MCKENZIE (Rep.), of Alma, Buffalo county, was born in Glengarry county, Ontario, July 4, 1848, and received a common school education in Ontario; came to Wisconsin in 1872 and settled at Chippewa Falls; in 1875 removed to Buffalo county, and has resided there since; is by occupation a farmer and lumberman; was trustee of the vil- lage of Alma and one of the first aldermen of the city; was supervisor in 1884; was state lumber inspector of the Ninth district in 1878-89: was chairman of the Buffalo republican county committee in 1888 and 1889; was mayor in 1891, and is at present the postmaster; was elected member of the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,391 votes to 2,000 for John Leonhardy, democrat.
Calumet County.
Population in 1890-16,639.
JAMES W. PARKINSON (Dem.), of Jericho, Calumet county, was born September 10, 1829, at La Fargeville, Jefferson county, New York; received a common school education in New York; came to Wisconsin in 1855; resided at Sheboygan until the autumn of 1856, then removed to Brotherstown, Calumet county, where he has since resided; is by occupa- tion a farmer; served two years as town clerk; town superintendent of schools two years; has been justice of the peace for 26 years last past; chairman of the town 23 years; chair- man of the county board 14 years, still holding the position; was a member of the assem- bly in 188); was again clected in 1822, receiving 1,835 votes against 934 cast for Nic. Frank" republican, and 91 for George Cressy, people's party and populist.
Chippewa County.
First D. s'rict. -- The towns of Tilden, Wheaton and Eagle Point, and the city of Chippewa Falls. Population in 1890-12, 665.
JOHN C. HARMON (Dem. ), of Chippewa Falls, in said county, was born at Wooster, Ohio, June 16, 1815; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1847, and settled at Beaver Dam, where he receive I education in the common schools; is by occupation engaged in
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lumbering business and hotel keeping; was justice of the peace of Chippewa county in 1876; supervisor in 1876 and 1877; town treasurer in 1881 and 1832 of the town of Big Bend; was supervisor in the Fifth ward of Chippewa Falls in 1891 and 1892, and member of com- mon council; was elected to the assembly in 1832, receiving 1,257 votes against 821 for C. P. Barker, republican, 184 for Mellen Larabee, people's party, and 98 for F. Sprague, prohibi- tionist.
Second District .- The towns of Anson, Arthur, Auburn, Big Bend, Bloomer, Cleveland, Colburn, Edson, Flambeau, La Fayette, Lawrence and Sigel. Population in 1890-12, 478.
HENRY LEBEIS (Dem.), of Bloomer, Chippewa county, was born in Glau-Algesheim Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, April 6, 1843; received a common school education; is a farmer by occupation; came to Wisconsin in 1854 and settleu in Waukesha county, town of Ottawa, removing to Chippewa county in 1859; was supervisor of town board in 1873 ard 1875; was elected chairman of the town board in 1878, and held that office up to 1890, with the exception of one year; was school district treasurer nine years and is at present a di- rector of the Eagle Point Mutual Fire Insurance company; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,295 votes, against 1,110 for William Newton, republican, and 152 for Thomas Emmerton, people's party, and 83 for Henry Williams, prohibitionist.
Clark County.
Population in 1890-17,708
BALDWIN W. FULLMER (Rep.), of Loyal, Clark county, was born in Bertie township, Lincoln county, Canada West, May 6, 1834; received a common school education and attended college at Lawrence University and Baylin & Lincoln's Commercial College, Milwaukee; came to Wisconsin in 1847 and settled in the town of Hermann, Dodge county, with his parents; has also resided in the counties of Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Door, Green Lake and Columbia; is by vocation a farmer; was chairman of Loyal for three years, from 1879 to 1882; was elected in 1892 as member of assembly, receiving 1,995 votes, against 1,797 for Charles F. Grow, democrat, and 133 for Wilbur F. Curts, prohibitionist.
Columbia County.
First District .- The towns of Newport, Lewiston, Fort Winnebago, Caledonia, West Point, Lodi, Arlington, Pacific and Dekorra, and the city of Portage. Population in 1890 - 14,054.
HUGH PIERCE JAMIESON (Dem.), of Poynette, Columbia county, was born in Poy- nette, September 1st, 1852; was educated in the public schools and two years at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, and graduated at the Northwestern Business College June 11, 1874; is by occupation dealer in grain, lumber, live stock and machinery; was clerk of Poynette high school from 1884 to 1887, since then has been director, and is now one of the village trustees; was elected to the assembly in 1892. He received 1, 597 votes against 1, 547 for Charles Mohr, republican, and 149 for C. E. Main, prohibitionist.
Second District .- The towns of Scott, Randolph, Courtland, Springvale, Marcellon, Low ville, Wyocena, Leeds, Otsego, Hampden, Fountain Prairie, Columbus, the village of Rio, the West ward of the village of Randolph, and the city of Columbus. Population in 1890-14,296.
ROBERT N. McCONOCHIE (Rep.), of Cambria, Columbia county, was born in the town of Scott, in said county, October 8, 1851: received a collegiate education; resided in Bow- manville, Canada, from 1868 to 1879; has been chairman of the town of Scott from 1887 since, and for two years chairman of the county board; was elected in 1892 to the assembly, receiving 1, 732 votes to 1,451 for Gen. A. C. Parkinson, democrat, 239 for John Buchanan, prohibitionist, and 1 for W. H. Cary.
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Crawford County.
Population in 1890-15,987.
JAMES O. DAVIDSON (Rep.), of Soldiers' Grove, Crawford county, was born in Nor- way, February 10, 1854, where he was educated in the common schools; came to Wisconsin in 1872, settled at Madison, Wis., residing there for three years; removed thence to Bosco- bel; two years later removed to Soldiers' Grove; is a merchant; has held no public position except president of the village where he now resides; was elected member of assembly in 1892, receiving 1,706 votes, against 1, 701 for James Fisher, Jr., democrat.
Dane County.
First District .- The towns of Madison and Blooming Grove, and the city of Madison. Pop ulation, 1890-15, 344.
CHARLES WENDEL HEYL (Dem.), of Madison, Wis., was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 14, 1857; came to Madison, Wis., with his parents, in June following, where he has since resided, with the exception of three years spent in California, from 1878 to 1880, in- clusive; was educated in the common schools of that city; is by occupation] a tinner, but for the last ten years has been a hotel keeper; was elected alderman of the Third ward of the city of Madison in 1890 and re-elected in 1892, and is at present president pro tem, of the common council, and, as such, acting mayor; was elected to the assembly in 1892, re- ceiving 2, 067 votes, against 1,668 votes for Adolph Kayser, republican, and 130 votes for Samuel D. Hastings, prohibitionist, 1 for A. L. Sanborn, and 2 for B. W. Jones, democrat.
Second District .- The towns of Roxbury, Dane, Vienna, Windsor, Burke, Westport, Spring- field, Berry, York, Medina, Bristol, Sun Prairie, and the village of Sun Prairie. Popula- tion in 1890 -14, 773.
ISAAC G. BRADER (Dem.), of Waunakee, Dane county, was born in Lincolnshire, England, on the 6th day of April, 1846; came to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled at Mount Vernon, Dane county, where he resided until October, 1886; then removed to Wannakee; was educated in common schools, and graduated at Worthington's Commercial College in 1868; is a merchant; was justice of the peacc eight years, school district clerk nine years, and town clerk of Springdale in 186S and 1869; was elected to the assembly iu 1892, receiv- ing 1,853 votes against 1,293 for John Dohm, republican, and 154 for A. Engeset, prohibi- tionist.
Third District .- Towns of Cottage Grove, Deerfield, Pleasant Springs, Dunkirk, Duun, Rut- land, Christiana, Albion, and the city of Stoughton. Population in 1890-14, 485.
NELS HOLMAN (Rep.), of Deerfield, Dane county, was born in Deerfield, May 3, 1861; was educated in the common schools, Marshall Academy and Red Wing (Minn. ) Seminary, and graduated from the law school of the University of Wisconsin in 1888; is by occupa- tion a retail lumber dealer; resided in South Dakota in 1882 and 1883, thence in North Da- kota in 1884 and 1885; was elected town clerk of Deerfield in 1838, 1889 and 1890; was chair- man of the town by appointment in 1891, and trustee of the village and supervisor of the vintage in 1892; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,201 votes against 988 cast for Hans A. Oleson, democrat, and 416 for Chas. F. Kronk, prohibitionist.
Fourth District .- The towns of Black Earth, Mazomanie, Oregon, Montrose, Primrose, Perry, Blue Mounds, Springdale, Verona, Fitchburg, Vermont, Middleton and Cross Plains. Population in 1890 -14, 976.
NIELS CHRISTIAN EVANS (Dem.), of Mount Horeb, Dane county, was born in Perry, Dane county, July 10, 1857; was educated in the common and select schools of Dane county, at, Harrington College, and the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, Ill. ; is a phy- sician and surgeon by profession, and in active practice; was health officer of Bluc Mounds from 1881 to 1888, justice of the peace from 1886 to 1888, school district treasurer from 1886 to the present time; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1, 805 votes to 1,420 for Herman B. Dahl, republican, and 268 for Ole M. Helland, prohibitionist.
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Dodge County.
First District .- The towns of Chester, Leroy, Lomira, Burnett, Williamstown, Theresa, Hubbard, Trenton, and South ward of the city of Waupun, and city of Mayville. Popu- lation in 1890-15, 084.
BENNETT E. SAMPSON (Dem.), of Le Roy, in Dodge county, was born in Lomira, Dodge county, November 7, 1840, now resides in Le Roy; received a high school and part collegiate education; is by occupation a farmer; taught school a number of years in the town of. Le Roy; has been chairman of the town a number of years; was chairman of the democratic committee, Second congressional district; was elected to the assembly in 1890, re-elected in 1892, receiving 2, 113 votes against 1, 088 for Edward Sauerhering, republican.
Second District .- The towns of Fox Lake, Westford, Calamus, Elba, Portland, Beaver Dam, Lowell, Shields, the East ward of the village of Randolph, and the village of Reese- ville and the city of Beaver Dam. Population in 1890-15, 249.
MICHAEL E. BURKE (Dem.), Beaver Dam, Dodge county, was born in that place, October 15, 1863, where he was educated, graduating from Wayland University in June, 1884; is an attorney-at-law; was town clerk of Beaver Dam in 1889 and 1890; member of assembly in 1890; re-elected in 1892, receiving 2,136 votes to 1,021 for John W. Miller, re- publican, and 146 votes for Charles H Williams, prohibitionist.
Third District .- The towns of Clyman, Emmett, Herman, Hustisford, Lebanon, Rubicon, Ashippun, Oak Grove, and the city of Juneau, the Fifth and Sixth wards of the city of Watertown. Population in 1890-14,651.
WILLIAM SCHWEFEL (Dem.), of Lebanon, Dodge county, was born at Neuen Kietz, near Freienwalde a. d. Oder, province of Brandenburg, Germany, January 8, 1836; re- ceived a common school education; is by occupation a farmer; came to Wisconsin in 1843 and settled in Lebanon, where he now resides; was assessor in 1860-61; town clerk 1863, 1873-1883; chairman of the town 1884-1890: chairman of county board 1886-1889; for a long time justice of the peace; was elected member of assembly in 1890; again in 1892, receiv- ing 2, 438 votes against 660 for Edgar Boenig, republican.
Door County.
Population in 1890-15, 682.
JAMES KEOGH (Rep.), of Sturgeon Bay, Door county, was born in Dublin, Ireland, April 26, 1850; came with his parents to Canada in 1852, thence to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled in Forestville, Wisconsin; was educated in the common schools and state nor- mal school at Oshkosh; removed to Sturgeon Bay in 1874; is by profession a lawyer and banker; was register of deeds of Door county from 1875 to 1889, county superintendent of schools from 1878 to 1879; has served as alderman, school commissioner and president of the board of education, and is now mayor of Sturgeon Bay; is president of the Frankfort Land Company, president of the Brown Manufacturing Company, secretary of the Stur- geon Bay Dock Company, cashier of the Bank of Sturgeon Bay, director of the Ahnapee & Western Railway Company; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,653 votes to 1, 011 for Arnold Wagener, democrat, and 38 for Frank Wellener, people's party.
Douglas County. Population in 1890-13,468.
EDGAR GEORGE MILLS (Rep.), of West Superior, Douglas county, was born in Aurora, Waushara county, September 15, 1860; was educated in district and village schools and in Berlin high school; taught school in Green Lake county and read law in law offices of John C. Truesdell, John J. Wood, Jr., and George D. Waring, Berlin, Wis., removed to St. Cloud, Minn., in 1886, and was admitted to the bar in 1886, and practiced law there; removed to Wisconsin in February, 1891, settling at West Superior, where he is now in practice; was secretary and president of the board of directors of the Central Minnesota Fair Association for three terms; was appointed alternate cadet to West Point Military Academy in 1882; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,820 votes against 2,379 for Thos. E. Lyons, democrat, and 372 for Thomas Nightingale, people's party.
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Dunn County.
Population in 1890-22,664.
ALBERT R. HALL (Rep.), of Knapp, was born at Hartford, Windsor county, Vermont, April 20, 1841; removed with his parents to Boston, Mass., four years later; attended the public schools of Boston until 1856, when he removed with his parents to Minnesota; en- listed in Company D, Second regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, June 21st, 1861; pro moted corporal and first sergeant; engaged in battles of Mill Springs, Perryville, Hoover's- Gap and Chickamauga; was wounded at Chickamauga September 20th, 1863; taken prisoner, paroled ten days thereafter, and exchanged the following May; joined his regiment near Resaca, Georgia, and continued with it on the Atlanta campaign as far as Kenesaw Mountains, when his three years' term of service expired; was mustered out July 4th, 1864; returned to Minnesota and assisted in recruiting Company G, Eleventh regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry ; commissioned first lieutenant; returned south with his regi- ment and was appointed provost marshal of the post of Gallatin, Tennessee, which posi- tion he held until the close of the war, was mustered out with his regiment, June 26th, 1865; served as town clerk and justice of the peace, and represented Hennepin county in the lower house of the Minnesota legislature seven terms, three of which he served as speaker; removed to Knapp in 1880, where he has since residcd; is by occupation a farmer and manufacturer; has served as chairman of the town board, and president of the Dunn County Agricultural Society; was one of the Dunn County Asylum building commission, and is now one of the asylum trustees; was elected to the assembly in 1890 and re-elected in 1892, receiving 2,192 votes against 1,275 for Charles T. Bundy, democrat; 596 for John Stavrum, people's party, and 195 for Oscar Massel, prohibitionist.
Eau Claire County.
First District .- The First, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth wards of the city of Eau Claire, the town of Seymour and the city of Altoona. Population in 1890-15, 463.
FRANK MCDONOUGH (Rep.), of Eau Claire, was born in Canada in 1846, where he re- ceived a common school education; came to Eau Claire in 1863; is by occupation a manu- faeturer; served as a member of the school board there 23 years, alderman 18 years, president. of the board of trade 10 years; was elected to the assembly in 1892. His vote was 1, 350; that. of H. V. Scallon, democrat, 1,101; that of Thomas Carmichael, people's party, 49; that of H. C. Van Hovenberg, prohibitionist, 193.
Second District .- The towns of Bridge Creek, Brunswick, Clear Creek, Drammen, Fairchild Lincoln, Ludington, Otter Creek. Pleasant Valley, Washington, Union, and the city of, Augusta, and the Fourth and 'Seventh wards of the city of Eau Claire. Population in 1890 -- 15,210.
CHARLES F. HANKE (Rep.), of Augusta, Eau Claire county, was born in Germany, September 26, 1853; received a common school education; came to Wisconsin in 1868, settling at Amherst, in Portage county; removed thence to Augusta, where he;has since resided; is by occupation a grain dealer; was member of the city council of Augusta in 1888 and 1889; chairman of the county board of supervisors in 1890, 1891 and 1892; was elected to the assembly in 1802, receiving 1,352 votes against 1,201 for Oscar Finch, democrat, and 374 for Washington Churchill, prohibitionist.
Fond du Lac County.
First District .- The towns of Ripon, Rosendale, Eldorado, Metomen, Springvale, Lamar- tine, Alto and Waupun, the North ward of the city of Waupun and the city of Ripor, Population in 1890-14,770.
LYMAN WELLINGTON THAYER (Rep.), of Ripon, Fond du Lac county, was born in Wausau, Marathon county, October 30th, 1854; was educated in the Wausau common schools and Jones' Commercial College, St. Louis, Mo. ; is by occupation a farmer; resided in Wausau until 1886; engaged while there in lumbering; removed to Ripon in 1886; has held various town offices; was clected chairman of town of Ripon in 1890 without opposition, and in 1891 and 1892; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,718 votes against 1,154 for Hon. Frank Bowe, democrat.
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