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Second District .- The towns of Fond du Lac, Friendship, Empire, and the city of Fond du Lac. Population in 1890-14,879. *
LOUIE A. LANGE (Dem.), of Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac county, was born in Chicago, Illinois, May 31, 1854; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1856, settling in Fond du Lac; in 1861 removed with his father's family to Milwaukee, where he was educated in the public schools and Engelman's Academy, until he entered the law offices of John W. and A.L. Cary at the age of 13 years, continuing his studies while messenger boy and clerk; returned to Fond du Lac in 1870; entered the printing office of Edward Beeson, attending evening school while he learned the printing business; in 1874 was city editor of the La Porte (Ind.) Chronicle, and in 1877 of the Fond du Lac Commonwealth; was engaged on the Evening Wisconsin, Milwaukee; in 1883 bought an interest in the Reporter at Fond du Lac; estab- lished a daily in 1885, and purchasing the Reporter plant, now conducts the business of the Reporter Printing House as its proprietor, publishing the daily and weekly (Saturday) Reporter, and doing a general job printing business; was appointed a director of the pub- lic library in 1891; was elected alderman and is now president of the common council of the city and of the board of education; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1, 805 votes against 1,476 for E. E. Atkins, republican.
Third District .- The towns of Calumet, Taycheedah, Marshfield, Forest, Oakfield, Byron, Eden, Osceola, Ashford and Auburn. Population in 1890-14, 439.
JOHN M. STACK (Dem.), of Mitchell, Fond du Lac county, was born in the town of Forest, in said county, on April 28, 1853; received his education in the common schools; has always resided in that county; is by occupation a farmer; was engaged as an insur- ance officer from 1881 to 1890, notary public eight years, town treasurer from 1886 to 1889, chairman of the town from 1890 to 1892; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1, 857 votes against 898 cast for Thomas J. Kelly, republican.
Grant County.
First District .- The towns of Cassville, Clifton, Harrison, Hazel Green, Jamestown, El- lenborough, Liberty, Lima, Platteville, Potosi, Smelser, Waterloo and Glen Haven. Pop- ulation in 1800-18, 481.
JOHN LONGBOTHAM (Rep.), of Dickeyville, Grant county, was born in the town of Paris, Grant county, December 20, 1852; educated in the common schools; has always re- sided in Grant county; is by occupation a farmer and merchant; has held various town, society and business, offices; was elected member of the assembly in 1890 and re-elected in 1892, receiving in the last election 2, 120 votes against 1, 911 for D. J. Gardner, democrat, and 130 for Thomas Davies, prohibitionist.
Second District .- The towns of Beetown, Bloomington, Boscobel, Castle Rock, Fennimore Hickory Grove, Lancaster, Little Grant, Marion, Muscoda, Mt. Hope, Mt. Ida, Millville, Patch Grove, Waterstown, Woodman, Wyalusing and Wingville. Population in 1890- 18,170.
JOSEPH B. JOHNSON (Rep.), of Montfort, Grant county, was born in Oak'and county, near Detroit, Michigan, September 28, 1838; was educated in the common and high schools of Oakland county and Detroit; came to Wisconsin in 1855 and settled at Highland in Iowa county; removed into Grant county in 1880; is a farmer by occupation; has been member of county board in Iowa county in 1875-1879, in Grant county in 1881, 1882, 1885, 1887, 1889; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2, 096 votes against 1,797 for C. Hinn, demo- crat, and 278 for F. A. Nelson, prohibitionist.
Green County.
Population in 1890-22,732.
HENRY CLAY PUTNAM (Rep ), of Brodhead, was born at Newark, Ohio, in 1847; came to Wisconsin in 1849; his first home here was in Decatur, Green county; has resided in that township ever since; received a common school education; enlisted at the age of six . teen years in Company B, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, serving in the ranks; was in the com-
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paign against Longstreet in East Tennessee; engaged in the battles of Mossy Creek and Dandridge, in all the battles during Sherman's Atlanta campaign up to July 1, 1864; was on detached service with the troops that drove Wheeler and Forrest from Tennessee in 1864; was engaged with his regiment in the last raid of the war, "Wilson's raid," from Tennes- see river to Macon, Georgia, participating in the engagements at Montgomery, Selma, Columbus and West Point, Georgia, which last place was captured and many prisoners taken; returning home, was a commercial traveler for nine years; is by occupation lum- berman and farmer; was president of the village of Brodhead in 1883-4: was clected to the assembly in 1890 from the district composed of the north half of Green county, re-elected in 1892 from the new district, embracing the county, receiving 2,226 votes to 2,061 for Gil- bert T. Hodge, democrat, 411 for Frank H. Smock, people's party, and 357 for William Smiley, prohibitionist.
Green Lake County.
Population in 1890-15, 163.
ORRIN W. BOWE (Dem.), of Kingston, Green Lake county, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, September 24, 1826; was educated in Riga. Monroe county, New York; came to Wisconsin in 1842 and settled at Fulton, Rock county; removed thence to Green Lake county in 1846; is by occupation a farmer; was chairman of the town board of Kingston 38 years, and chairman of the county board; member of assembly in 1859, 1860, 1878 and 1885, and delegate to the national democratic convention in St. Louis in 1888; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,856 votes against 1,430 for Melvin Folsom, republican, and 2 for I. E. Smith, prohibitionist.
Iowa County.
Population in 1890-22,117.
JOHN MONTGOMERY SMITH (Dem.), of Mineral Point, Iowa county, was born in Bedford, Pa., in 1834; came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1838 and settled at Mineral Point; was educated in the common schools and by his father, Gen. William R. Smith; studied law in his father's office, that of attorney general; resided in California four years (1851-5), in Madison three years (1857-60); was superintendent of city schools in Mineral Point in 1864; district attorney of Iowa county in 1868-70; mayor of Mineral Point in 1879, 1880 and 1885; delegate to democratic national convention in Cincinnati, 1880, and St. Louis in 1883; city attorney of Mineral Point in 1891 and 1892; supervisor from First ward and member of county board in 1892; presidential elector in 1892; elected member of assembly in 1892, receiving 2, 358 votes to 2,264 for Thomas F. Cody, republican, and 347 for A. S. Rowe, prohibitionist.
Jackson County.
Population in 1890-15, 797.
JAMES JOHN McGILLIVRAY (Rep.), of Black River Falls, Jackson county, was born at Barrachois, Gaspie county, Canada East, June 16, 1848; received a common school edu- cation; came to Wisconsin November 21, 1866, and settled at Black River Falls, where he has since resided, with the exception of a few months in Iowa prior to that time; he has been secretary of the Jackson County Agricultural Society, and is at the present time its treasurer; his occupation is architect and manufacturer; was elected to the assembly in 1890, receiving 2, 038 votes, against 1,016 for George W. Levis, democrat, and 297 for T. P. Hunter, farmer's alliance and prohibitionist; was re-elected in 1892, receiving 2,038 votes, against 1,399 for Abner D. Polleys, democrat, prohibitionist and farmer's alliance, and 34 votes for Frank A. Parsons, independent republican, and 3 scattering.
Jefferson County.
First District .- The towns of Concord, Ixonia, Lake Mills, Millford, Waterloo, Water- town, the village of Waterloo, and the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Seventh wards of the city of Watertown. Population in 1890-16,403.
C. HUGO JACOBI (Dem.), of Watertown, was born in Rockenhausen, Rhenish Bavaria, April 18, 1846; was ( ducated in the public schools in Wisconsin; received a commercials hool
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education at the Spencerian College in Milwaukee and a collegiate education in Germany; came to Wisconsin in 1855; settled at Watertown, where he has resided ever since with the exception of three years while attending college in Germany; for a number of years he has been teller and cashier in the Wisconsin National Bank and the Bank of Watertown, and is at present engaged in the insurance, foreign exchange and passage business; has held the office of city treasurer of Watertown for three years, and has been a member of the board of education four years; served as United States gauger for the Second internal rev- enue district of Wisconsin during President Cleveland's first administration; is a democrat from principle and conviction; was elected to the assembly in 1890, and was re-elected in 1892, receiving 2,300 votes against 1,098 votes for A. J. Roach, republican.
Second District .- The towns of Aztalan, Cold Spring, Farmington, Hebron, Jefferson, Koshkonong, Oakland, Palmyra, Sullivan and Sumner. Population in 1890-17, 127.
CHRISTOPHER GRIMM (Dem.), of. Jefferson, in said county, was born in Halenbrunn, Bavaria, March 18, 1828; received a common school education in Germany; came to Amer- ica in 1846, residing in Terre Haute, Ind., until 1865, when he came to Wisconsin and has since resided in Jefferson; is a retired merchant; was president of the village of Jefferson in 1867-8 and in 1874, county supervisor in 1575 to 1802, chairman of town board in 1892; commissioner of public debts for the last twenty-five years; justice of the peace from 1867 to this date, with exception of one year; chairman of the democratic county committee since 1889, and is at present supervisor on the county board; was elected member of assembly in 1892, receiving 2,301 votes against 1,573 for C. P. Goodrich, repub- lican, and 4 for Geo. A. Brownell, prohibitionist.
Juneau County.
Population in 1890 -17,121.
W. PETER WHEELIHAN (Dem.), of Necedah, Juneau county, was born in Holton county, Ontario, February 22, 1844; received a common school education; came to Wis- consin in 1866 and settled at Necedah in 1867; is by occupation a lumberman, pine land and real estate dealer; was secretary of the board of education of Necedah from 1891 to the present time, chairman of the town of Necedah, and president of the village, elected April, 1892, still holding; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,088 votes against 1,933 for S. C. Plummer, republican, and 105 for A. W. Field, prohibitionist.
Kenosha County.
Population in 1890-15, 581.
DANIEL A. MAHONEY (Dem.), of Kenosha, was born in Salem, Kenosha county, Wis., December 27, 1849; after leaving the district school he attended a high school for two years and spent one year in a conimercial college; commenced teaching school at the age of 18: was elected county superintendent of schools of Kenosha county in 1877, and held this office seven years; admitted to the bar in 1883, and elected district attorney in 1884; was appointed postmaster of Kenosha by President Cleveland in 1887, and held the office nearly five years; has been city superintendent of schools for three years; was engaged in real estate and insurance business; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2, 058 votes, against 1542 for Paul E Sauer, republican. He died at Madison while in attend- ance upon the legislature, January, 1893.
GEORGE H. KRONCKE (Dem.), of Wilmot, Kenosha county, was born in Germany, February 5, 1837; received an academic education; came to Wisconsin in 1872 and settled in Kenosha county; is by occupation a farmer; has held school district offices for several years, and has been for fifteen years a justice of the peace; was elected to the assembly at a special election held on the 14th day of February, 1893, to fill the vacancy caused by the deatlı of Daniel A. Mahoney, receiving 735 votes, against 732 votes for Courtland A. Dewey, republican, and 15 blanks.
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Kewaunee County.
Population in 1890-16,153.
JOSEPH FILZ (Dem.), of Luxemburg, Kewaunee county, was born at Menzel, Rhine province, Germany, June 13, 1848; received his education at home in an elementary school; came to Wisconsin in 1873, and settled at Luxemburg; previously resided in Chicago from 1869 to 1873, then moved to Kewaunee county, where he has since resided, be- ing the recording secretary of Carpenter union, No 2; is a carpenter by trade; is now engaged in general merchandise business, hotel-keeping and farming; was postmaster from 1833 to January 1st, 1893, then resigned; elected school district treasurer in 1891 for three years; elected to the assembly in 1890; re-elected in 1892, receiving 1,497 votes to 1,027 for Anton Langenkamp, democrat.
La Crosse County.
First District .- The towns of Bangor, Barre, Burns, Greenfield, Hamilton, Shelby, Wash- ington, and Third, Fourth, Sixth. Seventh, Eighth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth wards of the city of La Crosse. Population 1890-19,627.
ALFRED AUGUST LEISSRING (Dem.), of La Crosse, in said county, was born in Monroe, Green county, Wisconsin, November 7, 1859; was educated in the common schools; has resided at Norwalk, West Salem, Wisconsin, and Wells, Minnesota; is by occupation a merchant; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,951 votes; John Schield, repub- lican, received 1,653; Leonard Stallman, people's party, received 490, and H. G. Miller, prohibitionist, 203.
Second District .- The towns of Campbell, Farmington, Holland, Onalaska; the city of Onalaska, and the First, Second, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Fifteenti, Nine- teenth and Twentieth wards of the city of La Crosse. Population in 1890-19,174.
LEMUEL B. COX (Rep.), of Stevenstown, La Crosse county, was born in La Grange, Walworth county, January 21, 1846; received a common school education in public schools and at Galesville University; removed to La Crosse county in 1852, and resided at Farmington; taught school two years, and was bookkeeper for a railroad contractor in Minnesota; has never before held public office; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiv- ing 2,058 votes against 1,712 for John Dawson, democrat, 322 for Lars Engass, people's party, and 165 for D. E. Rice, prohibitionist. He was a private in Company K, 2d Wiscon- sin Cavalry.
La Fayette County. Population in 1890-20,265.
JACOB JOHN IVERSON (Rep.), of. South Wayne, Lafayette county, was born in Wayne, in said county, March 8, 1850, and received a common school education; removed to Iowa in 1876 and resided there until 1883, then returned to South Wayne, where he has since resided; is by occupation a farmer; was elected member of the assembly in 1892, re- ceiving 2,357 votes against 2,334 for L. Henry Johnson, democrat, and 218 for Lee B. Howery, prohibitionist, and one for Wm. Thompson.
Langlade, Forest and Florence Counties.
Population in 1890-13,081.
FRANCIS AUGUSTINE DELEGLISE (Rep.), of Antigo, Langlade county, was born February 10, 1835, at Bagne, Valais, Switzerland; received a common school education; came to Wisconsin in 1848, and settled at Theresa, in Dodge county; moved thence to Michi- cott, now East Gibson, Manitowoc county, in 1854; thence to Appleton in 1858; thence to the site of the present city of Antigo; enlisted in the Iron Brigade and served three years; was town chairman of Antigo in 1882; county treasurer of Langlade county in 1881 and 1882, and has held various offices on school boards: is by occupation agent and dealer in real estate; was elected member of the assembly in 1892, receiving 1, 643 votes against 1,616 for George H. Wunderlich, democrat.
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Lincoln County.
Population in 1890 -12,008.
DAVID FINN (Dem.), of Merrill, Lincoln county, was born in Philmont, N. Y., April 23, 1851; came to Wisconsin in 1853 with his parents, who settled at Milwaukee; was educated in the common schools and at Lawrence University, Appleton; resided in Ocon- omowoc from 1854 to 1859, and in Marathon and Lincoln counties from last date to the present; his occupations are various, principally lumbering and farming; was county superintendent of schools of Lincoln county from 1877 to 1880 and from 1880 to 1890, inclu- sive; was chairman of the county board for several years between 1880 and 1888, besides holding various other public offices; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,281 votes against 1,110 votes for R. G. Kingsley, republican, and 500 for John Elsen, people's party ,
Manitowoc County.
First District .- The towns of Centerville, Cato, Eaton, Liberty, Meeme, Rockland, Schles wig, Manitowoc Rapids, Kossuth, Franklin, Maple Grove, Newton, and the villages of Reedsville and Kiel. Population 19,564
PATRICK JOSEPH CONWAY (Dem.), of Meeme, in said county, was born at Portage, Wyoming county, New York, February 11, 1849; came to Wisconsin in 1856 with his parents, and has always since resided in Meeme; was educated in the common schools of said town; is by occupation a farmer; held position of town clerk of said town from 1874 to 1885, in- clusive; was census enumerator in 1875 and 1885; delegate to democratic state convention in 1888 and 1892, and to Sixth district congressional convention in 1892; was member of county board in 1889 and 1890; member of assembly in 1890; again elected in 1892, receiving in the last election 2,099 votes against 1,169 for C. F. Hacker, republican.
Second District .- The towns of Manitowoc, Two Rivers, Two Creeks, Mishicott, Gibson, Cooperstown, and the cities of Two Rivers and Manitowoc. Population in 1890-18, 267.
WILLIAM CROLL (Dem.), was born at Greenwich, Berks county, Pa., March 24. 1833; received a common school education; came to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled at West Gran- ville, Milwaukee county, where he resided until 1877, when he removed to Manitowoc, where he has since resided; enlisted as a private in the Fifty-first Wisconsin volunteers and served until the close of the rebellion; was member of the assembly of 1891, and re- elected in 1892, receiving, in last election, 2,273 votes, against 1,071 for Martin Wyzinske, republican.
Marathon County.
First District .- The towns of Bergen, Brighton, Berlin, Cleveland, Cassel, Day, Hamburg, Halsey, Holton, Hull, Eau Pleine. Johnson, Mosinee, Marathon, Rietbrock, Rib Falls, Spencer, Stettin, Wien, Emmett, Frankfort, Mc Millan, Manville, Knowlton, Maine, and the village of Marathon City. Population in 1890 - 15, 140.
ALBERT B. BARNEY (Dem.), of Spencer, Marathon county, was born at Mayville, Dodge county, July 2, 1853, and was educated in the public schools of his native village, except one term at Whitewater Normal School, and a short period at the U.S. M.A. at West Point, N. Y. ; has held no public office except that of justice of the peace, which office he now holds; studied law in the office of A. K. Delaney, was admitted to the bar in 1878, and is now engaged in the practice of law and dealing in real estate; was elected member of assembly in 1892, receiving 1,777 votes, against 1,033 for Frank Chesak, republican.
Second District .-- The towns of Easton, Kronenwetter, Norrie, Plover, Pike Lake, Texas, Wausau, Weston, Eldron, Harrison, and the city of Wausau. Population in 1830-15, 229.
JOHN RINGLE (Dem.), of Wausau, Marathon county, was born in Herman, Dodge county, Wisconsin, October 2, 1848; received a common school education in the schools of the state; is by occupation a real estate agent and lumberman; was county clerk of Marathon county from 1873 to 1878; member of assembly in 1879, 1880 and 1881; state senator from 21st district in 1883 and 1885; was democratic nominee for state treasurer in 1877, and nominee for congress in the ninth district in 1886; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,767 votes against 1,191 for Frederick Schubring, republican.
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Marinette County.
Population in 1800 - 20,304.
CHARLES C. DAILY (Dem.), of Marinette, in said county, was born at Rome, New York, June 16, 1853; came to Wisconsin in 1866, and settled at Osceola, Fond du Lac county, where he completed his common school education; attended the commercial college at Fond du Lac; studied law in that city in law offices, and was admitted to the bar in 1878; removed to Marinette in 1879, and has been engaged in practice there since; has been jus- tice of the peace since 1881, and city clerk from 1882-87 inclusive; was elected to the as- sembly in 1892, receiving 1,896 votes to 1,785 for John A. Van Cleve, republican, 277 for James Larsin, populist, and 294 for John J. Sherman, prohibitionist.
Milwaukee County.
First District .- Third and Seventh wards of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890- 13,468.
EDWARD KEOGH (Dem.), of Milwaukee, was born in Ireland, May 5, 1835; received a common school education; came from Ireland with his parents in 1841, settled in Utica, N. Y. ; removed with his parents to Milwaukee in 1842; has resided there since; is by occupa- tion a printer, established in business in Milwaukee in 1867 as the senior partner in the firm of Keogh & Schroeder, located at 165 and 167 Adams street; represented the Sixth dis- trict of the state in the senate in 1862 and 1863, being the youngest member of that body; was member of the assembly in 1860, 1861, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1886, 1888, 1890, and again elected in 1892, receiving 1,698 votes against 1,420 for Albert E. Smith, re- publican, and 40 for Charles Hambitzer, people's party; was elected speaker of the Forty- first assembly, January 10, 1893.
Second District .- The First and Eighteenth wards of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-17,264.
CHARLES F. A. HINTZE (Dem.), of Milwaukee (302 Farwell ave.), was born in Greif- enburg, Germany, March 6, 1844; was educated in the common schools in Germany and Milwaukee; came to Wisconsin in 1858, and settled at Milwaukee; was elected to the assem- bly in 1892, receiving 1, 799 votes against 1,770 for Chas. E. Roberts, republican, 48 for Geo. Colber, union labor, and 35 for Geo. H. Richard, prohibitionist.
Third District .- The Thirteenth ward of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-14, 658.
GUSTAV J. JESKE (Rep.), of Milwaukee (927 Second street), was born in West Prussia, December 11, 1855; received his education in public and parochial schools; came to Wis- consin in 1866, and settled at Milwaukee, where he has since resided; is by occupation a mason and contractor; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,813 votes against 1,524 for Andrew Mohr, democrat, and 231 for A. Gums, people's party.
Fourth District .- The Fifteenth and Sixteenth wards of the city of Milwaukee. Popula- tion in 1890-15,968.
WILLIAM HARVEY AUSTIN (Rep.), was born at Binghampton, N. Y., October 22, 1859; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1869 and settled at Portage City; moved to Mil- waukee in 1871, where he has since resided; was educated in the common schools, studied law with Joshua Stark, and was admitted to the bar in 1879. In 1880 and 1881 he was assist- ant district attorney for Milwaukee county; was school commissioner in 1889, and was ap- pointed assistant city attorney of the city of Milwaukee in 1890; was city attorney in 1891. In the fall of 1892 he was elected to the assembly upon the republican ticket from the Fif- teenth and Sixteenth wards, receiving 2,182 votes against 1.451 votes for Herman Kro- now, democrat, 59 votes for W.m. Goedos, union lavor, and 40 votes for Themnay Robert- son, prohibitionist.
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Fifth District .- Tenth ward of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-19, 879.
RIP REUKEMA. (Rep.), of Milwaukee, (1130 Walnut street), was born in Milwaukee, April 23, 1857; was educated in the public schools and studied law in the office of Messrs. Nath. Pereles & Sons and Hon. E. P. Smith, of Milwaukee; is by profession a lawyer; was elected (by large majorities) twice as justice of the peace; was elected member of assem- bly in 1892, receiving 2,229 votes against 1, 628 for Gustav Kuechle, democrat, 35 for J.H. Brock, prohibitionist, and 166 for Joseph Pinta, people's party.
Sixth District .- The Ninth ward of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-22, 469.
PHILIP SCHMITZ, JR., (Dem.), of Milwaukee (1619 Cherry street), was born in Mil- waukee, August 29, 1861, and has since resided there; received education in the common schools and commercial college in that city; is by occupation a merchant; was member of assembly in 1890; re-elected in 1892, receiving 2,419 votes against 2,004 for Geo. Christianson, republican, and 140 for Albert Reichert, people's party.
Seventh District .- Second and Fourth wards of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890 -20,976.
GEORGE A. ABERT (Dem.), of Milwaukee, was born in that city, October, 22, 1840, and was educated in the common schools and academies there; is an iron founder and machine manufacturer, but not now in business; was state senator from Milwaukee in 1877 and 1878; was commissioner of public works from April 30, 1878, to April, 1881; member of assembly in 1882 and 1883, and again elected in 1832, by 2,481 votes against 2,380 for Wm. J. Fiebrantz, republican.
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