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Milwaukee, 647 St.
Dover
Miller, Delbert
West Allis, 6402 Green- field Ave ..
Mitchell, John A.
Palmyra, R. 1.
Masiakowski, John
Milwaukee, 862 teenth Ave ..
Four-
Mutter, Robert
Racine
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Nolan, Thomas S.
Janesville
1919.
Oakes, George
1919.
O'Brien, William H.
1915, 17, 19.
Olmsted, Frank J.
Elcho
1919.
Olson, William Otto, Arnold C.
Milwaukee, 1405 1st
1917, 19.
Owens, Samuel
Green Lake
1919.
Pedersen, James
Marinette
1919.
Perry, Clark M.
Oshkosh
1919.
Pierron, Louis L.
Belgium, R. 1.
1919.
Ploetz, F. W.
Coloma
1919.
Porath, Herman
Neenah, R. 9
1919.
Porter, John W.
Cambridge
1919.
Roethel, Herman
Kiel
1919.
Ruffing, Alex
Milwaukee, 1421 Wright St.
1919.
Ruka, John
Boscobel
1917, 19.
Scharpf, Jacob
Rubicon, R. 2.
1919.
Schroeder, Herman
Fond du Lac. R. 7 ..
1917, 19.
Sell. John M ...
Milwaukee, 932 First St.
1919.
Sheldon, John P.
Darlington
1919.
Sievers, Henry
Milwaukee, 219 Harmon St.
1919.
Simpson, Eber L.
Oshkosh
1919.
Smith, Ira E.
Bradley, R. 1.
1919.
Vaughan, O. P.
Wauzeka
1917, 19.
Webster, S. R ..
Columbus
1897, 1917, 19.
Week, Harold J.
Stevens Point
1919.
Weeman, King
Shawano
1919.
Whittingham, Byron W.
Arpin
1917, 19.
Williams, John T
Dodgeville
1917, 19.
Young, Riley S.
Darien
1917, 19.
Zarnke, Charles
Wausau, R. 6. .
1919.
* Chosen at special election 1918.
1919. 1919. *1918, 19. 1919.
1919.
McDowell, J. F
1911, 15, 17, 19.
1917, 19. 1919.
1919.
New Richmond Stangelville
Browntown, R. 2.
1919.
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE, 1919
Edward F. Dithmar . President W. T. Stevens. President pro tem.
O. G. Munson. . Chief Clerk
Col. John Turner Sergeant-at-Arms
STANDING COMMITTEES
Corporations-Senators Bennett (chairman), Skogmo, Witter, Zumach, Schultz, Fons and Buck.
Education and Public Welfare-Senators Pullen (chairman), Kuckuk, Jennings, Clark, Peterson, Cunningham and Beyer.
Highways-Senators Cunningham (chairman), Jennings, Staudenmayer, Kuckuk and Clark.
Joint Committee on Finance-Senators Wilkinson (chairman), Anderson, Staudenmayer, Nye and Bird.
Judiciary-Senators Benfey (chairman), Burke, Huber, Wilcox, Conant, Severson and Kleist.
Reconstruction and Readjustment-Senators Wilcox (chairman), Ander- son, Fons, Peterson, Conant, Olson and Kleist.
State Affairs-Senators Stevens (chairman), Roethe, Arnold, Mulberger, Olson, Dennhardt and Bilgrien.
Legislative Procedure-Senators Stevens (chairman), Pullen, Benfey, Bennett, Wilkinson, Roethe, Cunningham, Wilcox and Witter.
Contingent Expenditures-Senators Roethe (chairman), Huber, Buck, Olson and Severson.
Committee on Committees-Senators Witter (chairman), Wilkinson and Mulberger.
SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE
Drainage-Senators Witter (chairman), Huber and Severson.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF THE ASSEMBLY, 1919
Riley S. Young . Speaker
C. E. Shaffer Chief Clerk
T. G. Cretney . Sergeant-at-Arms
STANDING COMMITTEES
Finance-Carl Kurtenacker, Chairman; B. W. Whittingham, G. M. Froh- mader, C. C. Coe, D. Miller, L. W. Gibson, W. B. Chilsen, J. C. Hanson, F. B. Metcalfe.
Judiciary-T. S. Nolan, Chairman; J. F. Buckley, J. B. French, A. C. Otto, G. Oakes, J. P. Donnelly, G. A. Bowman, T. A. Delaney, J. S. Kaney, J. A. Markham, A. C. Ehlman.
State Affairs-Axel Johnson, Chairman; C. H. Carter, J. L. Grindell, H. J. Week, K. Weeman, F. W. Downs, P. M. Anderson, A. M. McClone, E. W. Knappe, J. W. Conner, S. R. Webster.
Education-M. L. Hineman, Chairman; J. T. Williams, G. H. Hood, W. II. O'Brien, J. W. Porter, J. H. Hellweg, A. L. Best, J. F. McDowell. Julius Klesner.
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Municipalities-F. N. Graass, Chairman; J. J. Ruka, Robert Mutter, A. L. Best, C. M. Perry, Joseph De Fer, F. W. Ploetz, M. E. Johnson, Jacob Killa, George Czerwinski, W. E. Jordan.
Agriculture-S. R. Webster, Chairman; W. R. Olson, Rush Bullis, H. F. Johnson, T. W. Bartingale, F. J. Olmsted, N. P. Larsen, J. R. Lor- feld, H. Roethel.
Insurance and Banking-J. C. Chapple, Chairman; O. P. Vaughan, J. C. Anderson, F. N. Graass, R. M. Hanson, F. W. Downs, Joseph J. De Fer, F. S. Kubatzki, H. Sievers.
Labor-J. H. Jensen, Chairman; A. J. Mathison, J. A. Mitchell, R. B. Melvin, A. M. McClone, James Pedersen, Joseph Klein, J. P. Sheldon, Herman A. Porath.
Commerce and Manufactures-J. E. Johnson, Chairman; A. J. Mathison, C. M. Perry, E. L. Simpson, James Pedersen, M. F. Johnson, Chas. Burhop.
Transportation-C. H. Carter, Chairman; Robert Mutter, Jacob Killa, S. Owens, Herman A: Porath, J. M. Sell, C. M. Grimstad.
Public Welfare-R. B. Melvin, Chairman; J. Scharpf, W. F. Dettinger, C. B. Ballard, Alex. C. Ruffing, Alfred G. Becker, J. F. McDowell. Fish and Game-H. Kandutsch, Chairman; J. L. Grindell H Schroeder, G. E. Ansorge, J. F. McDowell, E. L. Simpson, C. R. Zarnke. Taxation-W. H. Edwards, Chairman; M. L. Hineman, C. E. Hanson, L. L. Pierron, J. H. Hellweg, C. C. Coe, H. A. Marth.
Elections-W. R. Chipman, Chairman; J. H. Jensen, K. Weeman, E. F. Ganz, W. H. O'Brien, J. Masiakowski, O. Fletcher.
Excise and Fees-J. C. Anderson, Chairman; R. B. Melvin, L. L. Pierron, J. W. Conner, C. E. Hanson, H. Schroeder, H. Hewett.
Printing-G. H. Hood, Chairman; O. P. Vaughan, J. W. Porter, J. T. Williams, Otto Lerche.
Highways-J. J. Ruka, Chairman; J. C. Chapple, Rush Bullis, Ira E. Smith, George Czerwinski, H. Hewett, F. S. Kubatzki.
Engrossed Bills-E. F. Ganz, Chairman; C. M. Grimstad, R. M. Hanson. Enrolled Bills-C. E. Hanson, Chairman; Alfred G. Becker, Charles R. Zarnke.
Third Reading-G. E. Ansorge, Chairman; H. Kandutsch, C. B. Ballard. Revision-W. F. Dettinger, Chairman; H. F. Johnson, Orrin Fletcher, J. A. Mitchell, J. P. Sheldon.
Contingent Expenditures-J. W. Conner, Chairman; Ira E. Smith, Wm. R. Olson, J. Pedersen, F. Bauer.
Rules-J. F. Buckley, Chairman; B. Whittingham, G. M. Frohmader, T. S. Nolan, G. Oakes, C. C. Coe, W. H. Edwards, A. C. Otto; J. P. Donnelly, H. J. Week, R. S. Young.
SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEES
Milwaukee Street Railway Investigation-Senators Skogmo (chairman) and Zumach; Messrs. C. H. Carter, M. E. Johnson and J. B. French. Drainage-Senators Witter (chairman), Huber and Severson; Messrs. W. R. Chipman, S. R. Webster, J. E. Johnson and George Ansorge. International Harvester Co. Investigation-Senators Bennett (chairman) and Burke: Messrs. J. A. Markham, L. L. Pierron and J. P. Donnelly. Historical Society Investigation-Senators Roethe (chairman) and Pul- len; Messrs. M. L. Hineman, S. R. Webster and H. Roethel.
Legislative Visiting-Senators Clark (chairman) and Anderson; Messrs. J. L. Grindell, P. M. Anderson, D. Miller and B. W. Whittingham. Pensions, Annuities and Retirement Funds for Teachers-Senators Kuckuk (chairman), Nye and Conant; Messrs. J. T. Williams, R. M. Hanson, T. A. Delaney and W. E. Jordan.
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LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES
SENATE
CHIEF CLERK'S FORCE:
C. E. Mullen, Milton Junction, assistant chief clerk. James B. Ackley, Chippewa Falls, journal clerk.
A. H. Clark, Baraboo, bookkeeper.
Glen Servis, Madison, assistant journal clerk.
Soren B. Andersen, Butternut, assistant bookkeeper.
D. J. Hotchkiss, Fox Lake, revision clerk.
Jos. K. Kidder, La Crosse, enrolling clerk.
Elmer Trickey, Vesper, index clerk.
Emil Hartman, Madison, mailing clerk.
R. H. Hillyer, Madison, clerk, Committee on Education and Public Welfare.
L. Schwartz, Madison, clerk, Committee on Corporations.
J. W. Leonard, Fond du Lac, clerk, Committee on Judiciary.
A. R. Millett, Madison, clerk, Committee on State Affairs.
Paul Schuh, Milwaukee, clerk, Committee on Reconstruction and Readjustment.
Earl E. Kneevers, Sheboygan, stenographer.
Harry Leader, Superior, clerk, Joint Committee on Finance.
William C. Johnson, Waupaca, stenographer.
John E. McGrath, Ashland, stenographer.
Alfred C. Sorenson, Luck, stenographer.
Harold P. Taylor, Ashland, stenographer.
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SERGEANT-AT-ARMS FORCE:
Olaf Goldstrand, Rhinelander, assistant sergeant-at-arms. Frank C. Densmore, Sharon, postmaster.
Robert P. Maffet, Madison, document clerk.
Charles F. Moulton, Madison, day policeman. Joel M. Whitley, Depere, gallery attendant.
Stewart Mckinnon, Superior, night policeman. Victor Schulte, Milwaukee, night laborer. Clark Hazelwood. Madison, night laborer. Walter Gasper, Milton Junction, messenger. Isidor Perstein, Madison, messenger. Jos. J. Hopkins, Milwaukee, messenger. Harold Newbauer, Baraboo, messenger. Arthur D. Marvin, Madison, messenger. Fred J. Luetscher, Madison, messenger. Albert Helland, Madison, messenger. John Lorigan, Necedah, messenger.
Raymond Kasiska, Baraboo, messenger.
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ASSEMBLY
DEPARTMENT OF CHIEF CLERK:
C. E. Tuffley, Boscobel, journal clerk.
W. J. Goldschmidt, Milwaukee, bookkeeper.
L. J. Federer, Waukesha, assistant bookkeeper.
Anton Oppegard, Madison, assistant journal clerk.
G. F. Sharp, Oconto, proofreader and enrolling clerk.
Edward A. Oakey, Madison, proofreader and enrolling clerk.
A. C. Bocher, Milwaukee, voting machine operator.
R. F. Duckert, Madison, index clerk.
Helmer O. Femrite, Madison, general clerk. Emil Lusthaus, Milwaukee, engrossing clerk.
O. B. Lovell, Muscoda, stenographer.
A. F. Stofen, Racine, stenographer. Wm. L. Wollin, Jefferson, stenographer.
L. L. Oeland, Madison, stenographer.
W. A. Lawton, Richland Center, stenographer. Ben C. Cover, Madison, stenographer.
V. G. Gilbertson, Eau Claire, stenographer.
L. L. Hadley, Madison, stenographer. Wm. H. Drajeske, Menasha, stenographer. L. H. Maurseth, Madison, stenographer. Chas. M. Wernig, Madison, stenographer. James Hanson, Waupaca, stenographer. Wm. J. Wildeman, Madison, typist. John F. Kuehnl, Madison, typist.
Frank D. Huston, Madison, typist.
Paul B. Conley, Darlington, typist.
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS FORCE:
E. F. Wright, Cumberland, assistant sergeant-at-arms.
J. E. Barnard, Madison, postmaster.
C. O. Livermore, Shawano, custodian of document room. Herman Sinaiko, Madison, assistant custodian.
A. E. Edwards, Madison, floor police. Lyel Jenkins, Madison, night watchman. Frank J. Shannon, Madison, night laborer. Ingvald Hembre, Greenwood, gallery attendant.
Casper Jacquish, Madison, gallery attendant.
Wm. J. Tomlin, Mineral Point, cloak-room attendant.
Henry E. Bruns, Madison, post-office messenger. Arthur Jones, Madison, messenger. Helmer Hembre, Greenwood, messenger. Geo. Fyrie, Cumberland, messenger. Edwin Thiede, Madison, messenger. S. D. Phillips, Lime Ridge, messenger. Albert Anderson, Madison, messenger. Hallet Germond, Madison, messenger. Joseph Meek, Milwaukee, messenger. Arthur Steinmetz, Madison, messenger. Robert Harrison, Jr., Madison, messenger. Albert Ternis, Ridgeway, messenger. Geo. Wightman, Madison, messenger. Bernard Montfried, Madison, messenger. Amanza Powell, Ridgeway, messenger.
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THE PRESS REPRESENTED 1919
Appleton Crescent-Paul F. Hunter.
Ashland Press-Fred L. Holmes.
Associated Press-Fred L. Holmes.
Eau Claire Telegram-William P. Welch. Fond du Lac Reporter-Fred L. Holmes.
Grand Forks, N. D., Normanden-Peer Stromme.
Green Bay Press Gazette-Fred L. Holmes.
Janesville Gazette-Fred L. Holmes. La Crosse Tribune-Fred L. Holmes.
Madison Capital Times-Fred L. Holmes.
Madison Democrat-O. D. Brandenburg, Harold Gill, William P. Welch.
Madison Wisconsin State Journal-George Earl Wallis.
Marinette Eagle-Star-Fred L. Holmes.
Merrill Herald-Fred L. Holmes. Milwaukee Herold-Fred L. Holmes.
Milwaukee Journal-J. Craig Ralstron.
Milwaukee Leader-Fred Heath.
Milwaukee Sentinel-Fred C. Sheasby, Frank Tucker.
Milwaukee Wisconsin-News-Paul F. Hunter.
Monroe Times-Fred L. Holmes. Oshkosh Northwestern-Fred L. Holmes.
Philadelphia North American-Fred L. Holmes.
Racine Journal-News-Fred L. Holmes.
St. Louis Post Dispatch-Fred L. Holmes.
St. Paul Dispatch-Fred L. Holmes. St. Paul Pioneer Press-Fred L. Holmes. Sheboygan Press-Paul F. Hunter. Superior Telegram-Fred L. Holmes. United Press-B. A. Hoffman.
Wausau Record-Herald-Paul F. Hunter.
Western Newspaper Union-Fred L. Holmes.
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STATE OFFICERS
GOVERNOR
EMANUEL L. PHILIPP (Rep.), now serving his third consecutive term as' chief executive, will be known in history as the "War Governor" whose foresight and executive ability, combined with his determination that justice should be done to all, was one of the leading factors in establishing Wisconsin's wonderful war record.
Supported by a strong, willing and patriotic legislature, which was in session when the United States entered the war, numerous laws were enacted at the instigation of Governor Philipp during the 1917 session which made it possible for Wisconsin to take the lead in many of the war activities, and the "Wisconsin plan" of State and County Councils of Defense, Food Administration, Fuel Administration, Draft Admin- istration, etc., were not only approved by the federal government but copied by most other states.
Emanuel L. Philipp was born on a small farm in Sauk county, March 25, 1861. He attended the rural school and Sauk City high school; taught school at 17; studied telegraphy; was telegraph operator, train dispatcher and contracting freight agent for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway; general agent for the Gould lines; manager of a lumber com- pany in Mississippi where he founded the town of Philipp; was elected president of the Union Refrigerator Transit Co., of St. Louis. afterwards purchased it and organized the Union Refrigerator Transit Co., of Wisconsin, of which he has been president and principal stock- holder ever since.
When nominated and elected governor in 1914 he had never before been a candidate for any elective office, but was chosen on a platform for a business administration and was re-elected in 1916 and 1918.
During the war he ever defended the fair name of Wisconsin and her citizens, claiming from the start that the records would place Wiscon- sin in a most favorable position and his predictions were more than substantiated long before the armistice was signed.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
EDWARD F. DITHMAR, progressive republican and staunch supporter of the senior United States Senator, is serving his third term as Lieutenant Governor. He was born at Reedsburg, Sauk county, Jan. 31, 1873, attended the German Lutheran parochial school and Reedsburg high school and was graduated from the University of Wisconsin with the class of 1894. That fall he was elected clerk of the circuit court of Sauk county, at the age of 21 years, and was re-elected in 1896 and 1898. While holding the office he devoted his spare time to the study
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of law and was admitted to the bar in 1899, since which time he has successfully practiced in Baraboo. He served four years as chairman of the Sauk County Republican committee and four years as member of the Republican State Central committee. He was vice-chairman of the State Central committee during the campaign of 1910 and secretary in 1912. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1914 and re-elected in 1916 and 1918.
SECRETARY OF STATE
MERLIN HULL has been an active worker in the republican party in Wisconsin for 25 years. He was raised in Sechlerville, Jackson county, where, when a lad he became a printer's devil while attending school and learned the trade. When old enough he worked on a farm in sum- mer, working in a printing office while attending school in winter. After working as a compositor in some of the large offices in Milwaukee he attended De Pauw University at Greencastle, Ind., and later the Columbian University, worked in the government printing office in Washington while studying law and was admitted to practice in the United States Supreme court in 1894. Returning to Jackson county he was elected clerk of the circuit court in 1894, then took up the practice of law and publication of the Jackson County Journal at Black River Falls, which he has made a power in the community. He was elected district attorney in 1906 and in 1908; '10 and '12 was elected to the assembly, each time without opposition, and served as speaker during the 1913 session of the legislature. He was defeated for the republican nomination for governor in 1914, but was elected secretary of state in 1916 and renominated in 1918 without opposition and in the election in November received the largest popular vote cast for any candidate for state office.
STATE TREASURER
HENRY JOHNSON, now serving his fourth consecutive term as State Treasurer, has been a public servant for the last 40 years. Born in Denmark, he attended the common schools in that country and emi- grated to Wisconsin in 1873, at the age of 19 years, arriving in Oshkosh without a cent on May 16. He immediately went to work on a farm at $7 per month in the summer, but worked for his board in the winter while attending school. He then went to Shawano where he worked until 1879 when he was married and settled in Oconto county where he cleared and cultivated a large farm, engaged in the lumber business and built a warehouse at Suring. His first public office was as treasurer of his school district, then as justice of the peace, town assessor. treasurer and chairman. He was elected to the assembly in 1900, 1902, and 1904, was assistant state treasurer for six years under Andrew Dahl and succeeded him in office, being elected in 1912 and was re-elected in 1914, 1916 and 1918.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
JOHN J. BLAINE (Rep.) was born May 4, 1875, on a farm in town of Wingville, Grant county, Wisconsin; attended common school and was graduated from Montfort high school, Montfort, Wisconsin; afterwards attended Northern Indiana University at Valparaiso, Indiana, and was graduated from the law department thereof on June 3, 1896. He prac- ticed law in Montfort, Wisconsin, one year, after which he removed to Boscobel, Wisconsin, where he has since practiced law. He served as
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mayor of Boscobel four terms and member of county board of supervisors of Grant county four years. He was elected to the state senate in 1908 and served in the sessions for 1909 and 1911, but was not a candidate for re-election. In 1912 he was alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago, and in 1916 a delegate to the Repub- lican National Convention at Chicago. In 1918 he was elected Attorney General, receiving 166,543 votes, against 86,226 for Thomas H. Ryan, (Dem.)
STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
C. P. CARY has been State Superintendent of Public Instruction since 1902, having been elected five times. His present term expires in 1921. Born on a farm in Ohio, Jan. 28, 1856, he has devoted his entire life to study and to education. As a boy working on his father's farm he fas- tened a book-rack to the handle of his plow and read and studied while plowing corn. He attended district school in the winter until he was 17, when he began teaching, but continued to work on his father's farm in the summer until he became of age. He was graduated from the Ohio Central Normal school in 1879; taught in graded schools in Ohio and Kansas for seven years during which time he was county examiner of teachers and institute instructor. He served as county superin- tendent of Brown county, Kansas; principal of the high school at Fair- bury, Neb .; instructor in the Milwaukee Normal; and superintendent of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, at Delavan, resigning the latter position to become a candidate for State Superintendent.
JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT
JOHN B. WINSLOW, LL. D., has been on the bench in Wisconsin for 36 years, 28 of which he has been a member of the Supreme court. Born at Nunda, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1851, he was graduated from Racine Col- lege in 1871, studied law in the offices of two attorneys in Racine and finished the course in the law department, University of Wisconsin, graduating with the class of 1875. In 1904 the University conferred the degree of LL. D. upon him and Lawrence College gave him the de- gree in 1912. He began practicing law in Racine in 1875, and served for several years as city attorney. In 1883 he was elected judge of the First Judicial circuit and served from Jan. 1, 1884 to May 4, 1891, when he was appointed Justice to succeed Justice David Taylor, deceased. In April, 1892, he was elected to fill the residue of Judge Taylor's term and was re-elected in 1895, 1905 and 1915. He became Chief Justice by reason of seniority of service upon the death of Chief Justice John B. Cassoday, Dec. 30, 1907. Justice Winslow is the author of a history of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin from 1848 to 1880, entitled "The Story of a Great Court" and is a writer of note. He was president of the American Institute of Criminology 1911-1912. He has personally writ- ten the opinion of the Court in many of the most important cases in the last quarter of a century.
ROBERT G. SIEBECKER, next to Chief Justice Winslow, is the oldest member of the Supreme Court in point of service, having been Justice since April 9, 1903. He was born in Sauk county, Oct. 17, 1854, attended the district school until he was 17 and then a private academy in Madison for two years, when he entered the University of Wisconsin in 1874 and was graduated in 1878. He then entered the law school and was graduated in 1880 although he had been admitted to the bar upon
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examination in 1879 and immediately began to practice in Madison. He was elected city attorney of Madison in 1886 and served until January, 1890, when he was appointed as judge of the Ninth judicial circuit. In April he was elected for the unexpired term and for the ensuing full term and was twice re-elected without opposition. He was elected a justice of the Supreme court April 7, 1903, for the term beginning Jan. 1, 1904, and on April 9 was appointed for the unexpired term caused by the death of Justice C. V. Bardeen. He was re-elected in 1913 without opposition.
JAMES C. KERWIN is the oldest member of the Wisconsin Supreme court in point of years, having been born May 4, 1850, in the town of Menasha, Winnebago county. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and the Menasha high school from which he was graduated a few years after the close of the Civil War. He immediately took up the study of law and later attended the law school of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, from which he was graduated in 1875 and at once began to practice in Neenah, the seat of many large paper mills and headquarters of a number of big lumber companies. For 12 years he served as city attorney of Neenah at a time when the city was begin- ning to make permanent improvements and so judiciously did he handle the legal part of the municipal work that he was re-elected time and again until he finally was compelled to refuse the office longer because of his enormous private practice. He was elected to the Supreme court in 1904 and re-elected without opposition in 1914.
AAD JOHN VINJE came to Wisconsin as an emigrant in his youth and by hard work, close study and an ambition, gradually worked himself up to a position on the bench in the highest tribunal of the state. Born in Norway, Nov. 10, 1857, he came to America with his parents when a lad of 12, the family settling in Marshall county, Iowa. He attended the public schools, Iowa College at Grinnell in the winter of 1873-74, Northwestern University of Iowa, Des Moines 1874-75; taught school three years and entered the University of Wisconsin in 1878, graduating from the literary department in 1884 and the law school in 1887. While at- tending college he served as assistant in the state library 1884 to 1888; assistant to the Supreme Court reporter 1888 to 1891; practiced law in Superior 1891 to 1895; was appointed judge of the Eleventh judicial circuit Aug. 10, 1895, was re-elected and held the office until Sept. 19, 1910, when he was appointed justice of the Supreme court to fill the unexpired term of Justice J. E. Dodge, resigned. In 1911 he was re- elected for the full term which expires in January, 1921.
MARVIN B. ROSENBERRY was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court February 12, 1916, to succeed the late Justice John Barnes, re- signed. Two years later, in April, 1918, he was elected for the residue of the term by the largest majority ever given a sitting justice and one year later, April, 1919, was re-elected for the regular term by a still larger majority, 65,314. He was born Feb. 12, 1868, at River Styx, Medina county, Ohio, but his parents moved to Fulton, Kalamazoo county, Michigan, eight months later, and he was reared on the farm, attending the common schools until he was 16. He attended the Michigan State Normal at Ypsilanti for three years, teaching in the meantime to defray his expenses. Entered Law Department, University of Michigan, in 1890. Later he became a student of law in the office of Silverthorne, Hurley, Ryan & Jones, in Wausau, where he remained for a year and one-half and then returned to the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated in 1893 and returning to Wausau
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