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Eighth District .- The Fifth and Twelfth wards of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-21,959.
JOSEPH DEUSTER (Dem.), of Milwaukee, was born in Berg bei Nideggen, Kreis Dueren, Regierungsbezirk Aix la Chapelle, Prussia, October 14, 1833; came to Wisconsin in 1844 and settled in Milwaukee, where he received a common school education, and has since resided; is a dealer in wines and liquors; was commissioned enrolling and recruiting officers by Gov. Solomon, August 28, 1862; was a member of the common council of the city of Milwaukee in the years 1862, 63, 64, 65, C6, 71, 73; was sheriff of Milwaukee county in 1867 and 1868; was sergeant at arms of Wisconsin assembly in 1874; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,488 votes to 2,103 for William A. Bahr, republican, and 83 for Fred. Ball, people's party.
Ninth District .- Eighth ward of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890 -- 14,236
CHARLES W. MILBRATH (Rep.), of Milwaukee, was born in Milwaukee, January 14, 1848; received a common school and commercial education; is by occupation a real estate and insurance broker; was alderman of the Twelfth ward of the city of Milwaukce from 1875 to 1878, and from 1884 to 1887; is a member of the Board of Directors of the Milwaukee Real Estate Board; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1, 552 votes, against 1, 321 votes for Simon Kuth, democrat, and 10 votes for R. C. Livesey, prohibitionist.
Tenth District .- The Eleventh ward of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-13, 786.
PETER J. RADEMACHER (Dem.), of Milwaukee, was born in Milwaukee, May 9, 1859, where he has since resided; received his education in the public schools and at Mt. Calvary College; is by occupation a real estate broker; was elected member of the assembly in 1892, receiving, as was found by the assembly committee on Privileges and Elections, 1402 votes, against 1401 for Theodore Prochnow, republican.
Eleventh District .- The Sixth ward of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-13,020.
FRANK W. SUELFLOW (Rep.), of Milwaukee (604 Garfield avenue), was born in Germantown, Washington county, Wisconsin, February 4, 1846; educated in the common schools of that town; is by occupation a real estate and insurance agent, engaged in such business in Milwaukee; was elected member of assembly in 1892, receiving 1,337 votes, against 1,253 cast for R. Elsner, democrat.
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Twelfth District .- Fourteenth ward of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1890-11, 107.
MICHAEL BLENSKI (Dem.), of Milwaukee, (767 First avenue), was born in Dantzic, West Prussia, Prov. Poland, September 27, 1861; received a common school education in Ger- many; came to Wisconsin in 1880 and settled in Milwaukee, where he has since resided; is by occupation a book-keeper; was constable in the tenth district of Milwaukee in 1888; has served as clerk in the state land office; has served as assistant steward in the State Hospi- tal for Insane, at Mendota; served from 1881 to 1888 as member of Wisconsin National Guard, Co. B, 4th Regiment (Kosciusko Guard), taking an active part in the affairs of the company, and receiving honorable discharge as a non-commissioned officer; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,801 votes, against 354 for Frank Koceja, republican.
Thirteenth District .- The Seventeenth ward of the city of Milwaukee, and the towns of Lake, Oak Creek, Greenfield and Franklin, in Milwaukee county. Population in 1890- 13,740
CHARLES H. LENCK (Rep.), of Milwaukee (299 Ellen street), was born in Pennsyl- vania, March 3, 1849, came to Wisconsin in 1849; settled in Milwaukee, where he has since re- sided and where he received a common school education; is by occupation a merchant; has been alderman from 1888 to 1892; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,991 votes, against 1,356 for Luke Scanlan, democrat.
Fourteenth District .- The towns of Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Granville. Population in 1890-19,589.
EMERSON D. HOYT (Rep ), of Wauwatosa, was born in that town, March 7, 1847; has always resided there, and was educated in the common schools of Milwaukee county; is by occupation a dealer in real estate; was member of assembly in 1887, and again elected in 1802, receiving 2,382 votes against 1,396 for Michael Schmidt, democrat.
Monroe County.
Population in 1890-23, 211.
CHARLES E. QUIGG (Dem.), of Tomah, Monroe county, was born at Ticonderoga, New York, September 30, 1852; came to Wisconsin in 1860, and settled at Hartford, Wash- ington county; removed from Wisconsin in 1867; returned in 1880 and located at Fox Lake, Do lge county, and in 1883 located in Tomah; received a high school education and grad- uated at the Belfast Medical College, also at the Bennett Medical College, of Chicago, Ill .; is by profession a physician and surgeon; was thricc elected mayor of Tomah, serving in 1888, 1889 and 1830; he was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,515 votes, against 2.360 for Robert B. Dunlap, republican, 248 for Charles H. Hunt, prohibitionist, and 108 for Loren Dow, people's party.
Oconto County.
Population in 1890-15, 003.
EDWARD A. EDMONDS (Dem.), of Oconto Falls, Oconto county, was born at Mason, Ingham county, Michigan, May 2, 1868; was educated in common schools, graduated at Albion college, Michigan, with degree of B. S. in 1889; caine to Wisconsin in 1889, settling at Kaukana, and removing to Oconto Falls the next summer, where he has since resided; is by occupation a pulp manufacturer, and is superintendent of the Falls Manufacturing Company; was elected chairman of the town of Oconto Falls in 1892, and to the assembly in 1502, receiving 1,420 votes, against 1,397 for Charles Hall, republican, and 131 for John Hansen, people's party.
Outagamie County.
First District .- The towns of Dale, Greenville, Ellington, Grand Chute, Center, and the city of Appleton. Population in 1890-18,621.
JOHN TRACY (Dem.), of Appleton, Outagamie county, was born in Ireland, April 18, 1852; came to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1855, where he has since resided; he received a com- mon school education and pursued a business education during the evenings of four win- ters; soon after coming to Wisconsin he found employment in the shop and hub factory of
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the firm of Marston & Beveridge, with whom he remained for many years, and is at pres- ent foreman of the factory; was elected to the city council in 1882 to 1890, being president of the same during 1887, while for the last twelve years and now he is treasurer of school district No. 4; in 1890 was elected member of the assembly, and as such served on the com- m'ttees on Cities and Apportionment; in 1892 was elected to the assembly, receiving 2,341 votes, against 1,355 for F. Ziegler, republican, and 127 votes for L. Sanborn.
Second District .- The towns of Black Creek, Bovina, Hortonia, Liberty, Maple Creek, Seymour, Kaukauna, Freedom, Buchanan, Osborn, Cicero, Main, Deer Creek, and the cities of Seymour and Kaukauna, and the Third ward of the city of New London. Pop- ulation in 1890-20,069.
JOHN BRILL (Dem.), of South Kaukauna, in said county, was born in Prussia, Ger- many, March 26, 1844; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1852 and settled at Gran- ville, Milwaukee county; moved thence to Buchanan, Outagamie county, in 1863, where he has since resided, save that he officially resided at Appleton when sheriff, and kept hotel there three years; is by occupation a farmer and real estate dealer; was assessor of Buchanan in 1868 and 1869; supervisor in 1870 and 1871; was sheriff of Outagamie county in 1875-77; re-elected in 1879; was elected chairman of his town in 1890 and still holds the office; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,209 votes to 1,395 for John Uecke, republican, and 100 for S. T. Armitage, prohibitionist.
Oneida, Price and Taylor Counties.
Population in 1890 -- 16,999.
ALBERT J. PERKINS (Rep.), of Medford, Taylor county, was born at Weathersfield. Vt., December 27, 1830; was educated in the common schools at Rochester, Vt .; came to Wisconsin in 1853; resided in Jefferson county from 1853 to 1865; resided in Mukwa, Waupaca county, from 1865 to 1874; in the city of Waupaca from 1874 to 1878, then removed to Medford; is by occupation a manufacturer and dealer in flour and feed; was superin- tendent of schools in Jefferson county in 1859; chairman of Mukwa in 1870 and 1871; county clerk of Waupaca county, 1874-78; county clerk of Taylor county from 1884 to 1888; mayor of Medford in 1889-90; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 3, 095 votes, against 3,052 for Clinton Textor, democrat.
Ozaukce County. Population in 1890-14.943.
WILLIAM HENRY FITZGERALD (Dem.), of Cedarburg, Ozaukee county, was born in that place, May 15, 1848; received a common school education; is a grain dealer by occupa- tion; was town treasurer in 1872; chairman of the town in 1876 and 1877, and several terms a justice of the peace; was elected member of the assembly in 1878, '79, '80 and '90, and re- elected in 1892, receiving, in the last election, 1,574, against 1,014 for William A. Tholan, re- publican.
Pierce County.
Population in 1890-20,385.
BRYAN H. CORCORAN (Rep.), of Oak Grove, Pierce county, was born in the county of Kerry, Ireland, September 15, 1846; came to America with his parents in April, 1847, when he was seven months old, and settled in Ithaca, Tompkins county, New York, where he resided until the spring of 1857, when he moved with his parents to Wisconsin and settled near Milwaukee, where he resided until 1868, then removed to Oak Grove, Pierce county, where he now resides; received his education in the common schools of New York and Wisconsin; taught for a number of years in the common schools of Wisconsin; is by occu- pation a farmer; has held the office of justice of the peace and town clerk for the years 1875, 1876, 1877 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885 and 1886; was sheriff of Pierce county in 1887 and 1888; delegate to the republican state convention in 1888; was a member of the republican congressional convention for the eighth district in 1886; was chairman of the board of supervisors in 1891 and 1892; is school district treasurer and now member of the county board of supervisors; was elected member of the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,287 votes, against 1,239 for Henry N. Bascom, democrat, and 326 for O. C. Larson, prohi- bitionist and populist.
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Polk County.
Population in 1890-12, 968.
HENRY PELEG BURDICK (Rep.), of Osceola Mills, Polk county, was born in Lime- stone, Warren county, Pa., January 11, 1849; came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1854, first settling at Waterloo, in Jefferson county; removed to St. Croix county in 1856; resided there until 1877, except three years in Otter Tail county, Minnesota; came to Polk county in 1877; enlisted in November, 1881, in Company E, First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, serving as a private until October, 1865; is a lawyer; was member of Polk county board of supervisors during 1880, 1881 and 1882, and district attorney from 1884 to 1886; was elected member of assembly in 1892, receiving 1,500 votes against 940 for Andrew J. Hangdohl, people's party, endorsed by democrats and prohibitionists, and 1 for F. Wilke.
Portage County. Population in 1890-21, 798.
CHARLES COUCH (Dem.), of Amherst, Portage county, was born in the town of Mo- hawk, Montgomery county, New York, in 1833; came to Wisconsin in 1850; settled in Fond du Lac county, where he remained until 1857, when he removed to Portage county, where he has since resided; received a common school education; is by occupation a live stock and farm produce dealer; was town treasurer from 1864 to 1868, coun'y poor commissioner in 1877, chairman of the town board, and as such, member of the county board for a num- ber of years; was elected to the assembly in 1890, and re-elected in 1892, receiving, in the last election, 2, 566 votes against 2, 289 for W. W. Spraggon, republican, and 226 for N. A. Week, prohibitionist.
Racine County.
First District .- The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth wards of the city of Ra- cine. Population in 1890-18,488.
PETER NELSON (Rep.), of Racine, Racine county, was born in Jyland, Denmark, No- vember 26, 1852, and received a common school education; came to Wisconsin in 1874 and settled at Racine, where he has since resided; is a merchant by occupation; was member of the county board of supervisors in 1889, and was elected alderman of the Sixth ward in April, 1892, for two years; was elected member of assembly in 1892; his vote was 2,288, against 2,034 for William S. Paul, democrat, and 129 for J. R. Davis, prohibitionist.
Second District .- The towns of Burlington, Caledonia. Dover, Mt. Pleasant, Norway, Ray- mond, Rochester, Waterford and Yorkville, and the Seventh ward of the city of Racine. Population in 1890-17,820.
FRANCIS REUSCHLEIN (Dem.), of Burlington, Racine county, was born at Tauber- Bischofsheim, Baden, Germany, February 8, 1834, and received a collegiate education in Germany; came to Wisconsin in 1852, settled at Burlington, where he has since resided; was appointed postmaster at Burlington in April, 1887, and held until July 1, 1891; was elected member of assembly in 1892, receiving 1,868 votes, against 1,663 cast for Gustav Rasch, republican, 166 for A. B. Hayes, people's party, and 218 for J. S. Blakey, prohibition- ist.
Richland County.
Population in 1890-19,121.
JAY G. LAMBERSON (Rep.), of Sextonville, Richland county, was born at Elkhorn, Walworth county, August 27, 1846; came to Sextonville with his parents in 1858; attended the public schools until 'seventeen years of age; enlisted in the Sixth Wisconsin battery in 1863, serving to the close of the war; returned home, entered the high school at Sexton- ville, from which he graduated; taught in the public schools of the county; afterwards en- gaged for ten years in mercantile business; retired from this occupation because of failing health; became a practical farmer, engaged in dairying and dealing in live stock; was elected to the assembly in 1890, and re-elected in 1892, receiving in the last election 2,047 votes, against 1,870 for J. Le Roy McCollum, 202 for James H. McNeer, prohibitionist, and 190 for Gaylord Freeman.
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Rock County.
First District .- The towns of Union, Porter, Magnolia, Center, Spring Valley, Plymouth, Avon, Newark, Beloit, the village of Evansville, and the Third and Fourth wards of the city of Beloit. Population in 1890-14,587.
BENJAMIN WATSON HUBBARD (Rep.), of. Evansville, Rock county, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, November 16, 1842; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1845 and settled in Union, where he now resides; was educated in the common schools; is by occupation a farmer and stock grower; was assessor of the town in 1890 and member of county board in 1891 and 1892; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,267 votes, against 1, 138 for Dr. H. B. Anderson, democrat.
Second District .- The towns of Milton, Lima, Harmony, La Prairie, Rock, Jolinstown, Bradford, Clinton and Turtle, and the First and Second wards of the city of Beloit. Pop- ulation in 1890 -13,913.
PAUL M. GREEN (Rep.), of Milton, Rock county, was born at Alfred Center, New York, August 15, 1837; came to Wisconsin in 1840 with his parents, and settled at Milton; was educated at Milton academy (now college); is by occupation a banker, and president of the Bank of Milton; for five years last past has been the chairman of the town; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,942 votes, to 1,192 for D. E. Thorpe, democrat, and 240 for S. G. Burdick, prohibitionist.
Third District .- The towns of Janesville and Fulton, and the cities of Janesville and Edgerton. Population in 1890-14,720.
AGESILAUS O. WILSON (Dem.), of Janesville, Rock county, was born in Bradford, Penobscot county, Maine, May 2, 1842, receiving a common school and academic education; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1870; came to Wisconsin in 1867 and settled at Janesville, Wisconsin, where he has since resided; is by profession an editor and published the Janesville Times sixteen years, and has edited the Recorder seven years; has served as one of the school commissioners of Janesville twelve years successively, and was clerk of the board of education four years; was elected member of assembly in 1892; his vote, 1,942; that of Wilbur F. Carle, republican, 1,783; that of John Haveland, people's party, 110.
St. Croix County. Population in 1890-23,139.
ORRIN J. WILLIAMS (Rep.), of New Richmond, St. Croix county, was born in Somer- set, Maine, in 1848, receiving his education in the common schools of that state; came to Wisconsin in 1867 and settled in St. Croix county; is by occupation a hardware merchant; was president of the common council of New Richmond in 1887; mayor in 1888 and re- elected in 1889; has since resided in said city; was elected member of assembly in 1892, receiving 2,423 votes against 2,265 for Isaac W. Melgard, democrat, and 385 for William Johnson, prohibitionist.
Sauk County.
First District .- Towns of Delton, Baraboo, Fairfield, Greenfield, Freedom, Honey Creek, Sumpter, Merrimac, Troy, Prairie du Sac, Sauk City and the city of Baraboo. Popula- tion in 1890-15,298.
CHARLES HIRSCHINGER (Rep.), of Baraboo, Sauk county, was born at Capatene, Ohio, February 26, 1837, and was educated in the common schools of Ohio, Illinois and Wisconsin; came to this state in 1847 and settled at Baraboo, town, residing on same farm since he came here; is by occupation a nurseryman, farmer, and breeder of registered Devon cattle; was supervisor of the town of Freedom (while his farm was in that town) three years; supervisor of the town of Baraboo one year; chairman of Freedom fifteen years; chairman of Baraboo three years; justice of the peace in Freedom twelve years; in Baraboo four years; county commissioner of bridges for Sauk county, and president of the Farmer's Insurance Company; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,867 votes, against 1,331 for V. Roll, democrat, and 249 for L. Stone, prohibitionist.
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Second District .- The towns of Dellona, Winfield, La Valle, Woodland, Ironton, Reedsburg, Excelsior, Washington, Westfield, Bear Creek, Franklin, Spring Green, the village of La Valle and the city of Reedsburg. Population in 1890-15, 273.
HENRY CLINTON HUNT (Dem.), of Reedsburg, Sauk county, was born at Bradford, Pa., January 27, 1840; resided in Limestone, Cattaraugus county, New York, from 1848 till 1854; removed thence to Wisconsin, settling at Reedsburg, where he has since resided; served in the army, having enlisted at Bloomington, Ill., April 21, 1861, in the Twentieth Illinois infantry; was engaged in the battles of Fort Donaldson, Frederickstown and Shiloh; was promoted to sergeant in April, 1862; is a merchant by occupation; has served as town treasurer, member of village board, supervisor, etc .; was postmaster of Reeds- burg from August 23, 1885, to May 23, 1890; was member of assembly in 1891 and re-elected in 1892, receiving, at last election, 1,742 votes, against 1,478 for A. L. Harris, republican, and 130 for D. R. Kellogg, prohibitionist.
Shawano County.
Population in 1890 -- 19, 236.
HENRY ALBERT BRAUER (Dem.), of Shawano, in that county, was born in Bitter- feld, Saxony, German Empire, April 28, 1854; came to America with his parents the same year, settling at Oshkosh; was educated in the common and German schools in Oshkosh; resided in that city until 1371, since then in Shawano; is by occupation a barber; in 1878 was elected clerk of the circuit court; in 1882 sheriff, re-elected sheriff again in 1886, and a third time in 1890; elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,014 votes, against 1,394 for Michael J. Wallrich, republican, and 244 for William W. Crowfoot, people's party.
Sheboygan County.
First District .- The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth wards of the city of Sheboygan. Population in 1890-14, 827.
THEODORE DIECKMANN (Dem.), of Sheboygan, was born in New York city, Novem- ber 6, 1853: came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1858 and settled in Sheboygan; was edu- cated in the common schools of that place; is by vocation a merchant; since has resided in New York city in 1870, 1871, 1872; has been alderman of his ward (Third) since 1891; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2, 112 votes to 1, 125 cast for E. Stewart, republi- . can.
Second District. - The towns of Sheboygan Falls, Herman, Holland, Wilson, Sheboygan, Mosel, and the village of Sheboygan Falls, and the Seventh ward of the city of Sheboy- gan. Population in 1890-13,223.
JOHN DASSOW (Dem.), of Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan county, was born in Germany, August 10, 1845, where he received a common school education; came to Wisconsin in 1861 and settled at Sheboygan Falls, where he has since resided, except while absent in the mil- itary service, having enlisted in February, 1864, as a private in Company G, Thirty-sixth regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, in which he served until the close of the rebel- lion, participating in the battles of Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Appomattox; is by occu- pation a farmer, manufacturer and dealer in cheese; has served as district treasurer for ten years; was elected chairman of the board of supervisors in 1888, which office he still holds; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 1,345 votes against 1,120 for Henry Walvoord, republican.
Third District .- The towns of Lima, Russell, Greenbush, Mitchell, Scott, Sherman, Lyndon, Rhine, Plymouth and city of Plymouth. Population in 1890-14, 439.
JOHN W. LIEBENSTEIN (Dem.), of Scott, in said county, was born in Baden, Ger- many, December 28, 1845; came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1817, settled in Milwau- kee, thence removed to Washington county; attended the common schools in this state, and college for two years at Berea, O .; served in the war of the rebellion as private in Company B, Twenty-sixth regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, participated in the battles of Resaca, Ga., Dalton, Ga., Kingston, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Burnt Hickory and numerous other engagements, and in Sherman's march through Geor-
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gia, the Carolinas to Washington; is by occupation a general business man; has been jus- tice of the peace since 1870, except four years; was town clerk from 1877 to 1881; census enumerator in 1880; chairman of the town from 1883 to 1892; member of the county board nine consecutive terms and of the school board for several years; was elected to the assem- bly in 1892, receiving 1,574 votes against 1, 532 cast for George W. Wolff, republican, and 1 for Otto Labodda, republican
Trempealeau County.
Population in 1890-18, 920.
DAVID L. HOLCOMB (Rep.), of Arcadia, Trempealeau county, was born in Greenbush, Sheboygan county, April 26th, 1848; was educated in the public schools of Wisconsin, and at Galesville University (now Gale College); resided for ten years in Floyd county, Iowa; returning to Wisconsin in 1867, settled at Arcadia; was teacher for ten years in the public schools in Trempealeau county; has since been a farmer; from 1883 to 1889 was president of the school board, and instrumental in establishing the high school at Arcadia; in 1889 was president of the Arcadia Agricultural and Driving Association; in 1891 and 1892 was chair- man of Arcadia and member of county board; was elected to the assembly in 1892, receiving 2,091 votes, to 1,544 for Addison H. Kneeland, democrat, and 23 for Wm. P. Massuere, prohibitionist.
Vernon County.
Population in 1890-25, 111.
IDANIEL O. MAHONEY (Rep.), of Viroqua, Vernon county, was born in Moscow, Livingston county, New York, June 8th, 1855; was educated in common schools, Wisconsin Academy, Northwestern Business College and University of Wisconsin during part of a course; is by occupation a teacher; came to Wisconsin in 1867 and settled at Madison, and near there was engaged in farming until 1880, when he became principal of the schools at Ontario, Vernon county, as which he served five years; was justice of the peace in Whites- town in 1881, 1882 and 1883, and elected town clerk without opposition in 1884; elected county superintendent for Vernon county in 1884, without opposition; re-elected for four successive terms, declining a fifth nomination unanimously tendered; is at present president of the Wisconsin Teachers' Reading Circle, and president of the Southwest Wisconsin Teachers' Association; was elected member of the assembly in 1892, receiving 3,077 votes, against 1,861 for Christian Ellefsen, on democratic and people's party fusion ticket, and 228 for Gilbert C. Olson, prohibitionist.
Walworth County. .
First District .- The towns of Whitewater, La Grange, Troy, East Troy, Richmond, Sugar Creek, La Fayette, Elkhorn, Spring Prairie and the city of Whitewater. Population in 1890-13,878.
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