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1867, and re-elected in 1870, which office he now holds; was elected to the assembly in 1871, and served on the judiciary committee of that body, and was re-elected in 1872, receiving 945 votes, against 510 for Ely Wright (Dem.)

OUTAGAMIE COUNTY [IN PART.] (City of Appleton and towns of Buchanan, Center, Dale, Freedom, Grand Chute, Greenville and Kaukauna.) The district contained a population, in 1870, of 13,142. The member is JNO. ANDREW ROEMER (Dem.), of Appleton. He was born in Erlinghausen, Westphalia, Germany, October 30, 1843; received a common school education in English and German; is by profession a mer chant; he came to the United States in 1851, and first settled at Troy, N. Y.; removed to Buffalo in 185; to Milwaukee in 1853, and to Appleton in 1858. He received 1,254 votes against 1,127 for George H. Myers (Rep.)

OZAUKEE COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 15,564. It has two members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(Towns of Belgium, Fredonia, Port Washington and Saukville.) The member is CHARLES EDWIN CHAMBERLIN (Dem.), of Ozaukee. He was born in Catskill, Greene county, N. Y., March 9, 1818; received a common school education; was a printer in early life, but at present a dentist; was one of the publishers of the Oxford Republican, a Democratic newspaper in Chemung county, in 1842-43; he came to Wisconsin in 1843, and first settled at Milwaukee; removed to Mequon in 1844; was elected county treasurer of Washington county in 1847; member of the assembly in 1852, and clerk of the circuit court of Ozaukee county in 1858. He received 666 votes against 498 for O. P. Melin (Rep.)

SECOND DISTRICT.-(Towns of Cedarburg, Grafton and Mequon.) The member is ADOLPH ZIMMERMANN (Dem.) of Mequon.-P. O. address Moquon River. He was born in Noschkowitz, Saxony, Feb. 23, 1814; received a common school education; is by occupation a brewer; he came to Wisconsin in 1839, and settled at Mequon; was postmaster 12 years; justice of the peace 17 years; has been chairman of the town board 16 years, and of the county

board 8 years; was county treasurer in 1858-59; was a member of the first assembly of the state in 1848, and again in 1870. He received 542 votes (as a supporter of Horace Greeley), against 523 for Fred. W. Horn, (as a supporter of Charles O'Conor.)

PIERCE COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 9,958. It has one member,

JAMES H. PERSONS (Rep.), of Union-P. O. address-Plum City. He was born in Wales, Erie county, N. Y., August 14, 1829; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled at Neosho, Dodge county, and removed to Pierce county in 1868; he entered the military service during the late war, in Co. I, 29th Wis., and was with the regiment until mustered out in 1865; participated in the engagements at Friar's Point, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss. and Jackson, La., Clinton, Spanish Fort, Fort Blakesly and Mobile; he has held various focal civil offices, and is chairman of the county board of supervisors. He received 1,260 votes, against 624 for N. P. Stone (people's candidate) and 243 for Joel Foster (independent O'Conor candidate.)

PORTAGE COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 10,634. It has one member,

DAVID R. CLEMENTS (Rep.), of Stevens Point. He was born in Pinkney, Lewis county, N. Y., December 14, 1819; received a limited public school education; is by occupation a lumberman; he came to Wisconsin in 1847 and settled at Stevens Point; Has been chairman of the town board and was sheriff of Portage county in 1858-59. He received 1,556 votes, against 819 for John Finch (Dem.)

RACINE COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 26,740. It has two members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(City of Racine.) The member is JOHN ELKINS (Rep.) He was born in Piermont, N. H., May 23, 1815; received a common school education; is by profession a watch-maker; he came to Wisconsin in 1843 and first settled at Kenosha. He received 1,327 votes against 819 for Samuel Ritchie (Lib. Кер.)

SECOND DISTRICT.-(Towns of Burligton, Caledonia, Dover, Mount Pleasant, Norway, Raymond, Rochester, Waterford and Yorkville.) The member is RICHARD RICHARDS (Rep.), of Mount Pleasant-P. O. address, Racine. He was born in Llanendwyn, Merionethshire, North Wales, Aug. 6, 1812; received an academic education; is by occupation a farmer and stock-breeder; he came to Wisconsin in 1841 and settled on the farm in Mount Pleasant, where he now resides; has served as a supervisor and chairman of the town board for some 10 years. He received 1,550 votes, against 1,294 for T. Adland (Lib.)

RICHLAND COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 15,731. It has two members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(Towns of Buena Vista, Henrietta, Ithaca, Orion, Richland, Rockbridge, Westford and Willow.) The member is NORMAN L. JAMES (Rep.), of Richland Center. He was born in Deerfield, Rockingham Co., N. H., Nov. 29, 1840; is by profession a hardware merchant; he came to Wisconsin in 1855 and located at Richland Center; entered the military service in 1861, in Co. F, 16th Wis. Vols., and participated in the battle at Pittsburg Landing; was discharged in 1862; has been a member of the town and village board and village treasurer. He received 794 votes against 667 for O. F. Black (Lib.)

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SECOND DISTRICT. — (Towns Akan, Bloom, Eagle, Dayton, Forest, Marshall, Richwood and Sylvan.) The member is GEORGE W. PUTNAM (Rep.), of Marshall-P. O. address, Ash Ridge. He was born in the town of Andover, Windsor county, Vermont, March 24, 1826; attended the common schools and took an academic course at Black River Academy, at Ludlow, Vt.; is by profession a farmer and nurseryman. He came to Wisconsin in 1854 and first settled at Hampden, Columbia county; removed to Dane in 1858 and returned to Columbia couuty in 1862; went to Richland county in 1865, where he now resides. Entered the military service in 1864, in Co. M, 1st Wis. Vols., heavy artillery, Ira H. Ford, Capt., and was discharged in 1865; did garrison duty at Fort Weed, the greater part of the term of service; has held various town offices; was county superintendent of schools from 1868 to 1872, and was a member of the assembly in 1872. He received

747 votes against 529 for James T. Barnes (Lib.)

ROCK COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 39,030. It has five members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(Towns of Avon, Center, Magnolia, Plymouth, Spring Valley and Union.) The member is JOHN M. EVANS (Rep.), of Union -P. O. address, Evansville. He was born in Addison, Vt., Feb. 12, 1821; received an academic education; is by profession a physician and surgeon; he came to Wisconsin in 1846 and settled at Evansville; was member of the assembly in 1856; during the rebellion was surgeon of the 13th regiment from Oct. 17, 1861, to May 14, 1865. He was supported for the assembly in opposition to the nominee of the party, receiving 822 votes, against 562 for David L. Mills (Rep.)

SECOND DISTRICT.-(Towns of Fulton, Lima, Milton, Janesville and Porter.) The member is DAVID FRANKLIN SAYRE (Rep.), of Porter-P. O. address, Fulton. He was born in Madison, New Jersey, Jan. 14, 1822; graduated at the University of City of New York, in 1844; is by Occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1865 and settled at Porter, where he has continuously resided up to the present time. He received 1,124 votes, against 391 for Edward Searing (Lib. Rep.)

THIRD DISTRICT. (Towns of Bradford. Clinton, Harmony, Johnstown, La Prairie and Rock.) The member is DUSTIN GROW CHEEVER (Rep.), of Clinton. He was born in the town of Hardwick, Vt., January 30, 1830; received a common school and academic education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1351, and settled at Clinton, where he has ever since continued to reside; has held various town offices, and was a county supervisor in 1869; was appointed by Governor Washburn in 1872, a member of the legis lative committee to visit the charitable and penal institutions of the State. Was elected to the assembly in 1871, and re-elected in 1872, without opposition, receiving 955 votes.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-(City of Beloit ard towns of Bot, Newark and Turtle.) The member is EUGENE K. FELT (Rep.), of Newark,-P. O. address, Beloit. He was born in the town of Webster, Monroe county, N. Y., April 11, 1838; received a common school education and took a

partial collegiate course at Beloit colfege; is by occupation a farmer; came to Wisconsin with his parents, in 146, and settled in Newark, where he has continued to reside up to the present time with the exception of brief periods, that he resided a Prescott, Wis., and in Minnesota, and Shirland, Ill.; was elected chairman of the town board in 1870, and reelected in 1871, and has filled other town offices. He was elected to the assembly in 1871, and re-elected in 1872, receiving 1,019 votes, against 285, for J. L. V. Thomas (Dem.)

FIFTH DISTRICT.-(City of Janesville.) The member is HENRY A. PATTERSON (Rep.) He was born in Lindley, N. Y., June 8, 1829; received an academic education; is by profession a lawyer; he came to Wisconsin in 1855 and settled at Janesville. He received 876 votes, against 605 for J. B. Doe (Dem.)

ST. CROIX COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 11,035. It has one member,

DAVID C. FULTON (Lib. Rep.), of Hudson, He was born in Sullivan county, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1833; received an academic education; is engaged in general business and a dealer in real estate; he came to Wisconsin in 1854 and settled at Hudson; has served in various capacities under the municipal government of the city; he raised a company in St. Croix county during the war and was commissioned as captain in the 30th Wis. Vols., and was on duty with the company in Dakota Ter., until 1864; was commissioned major of the 1st Wis. Art. Sept. 8, 1864, and was on duty with the regiment in Virginia until the close of the war. He received 1,432 votes, against 1,132 for B. C. B. Foster (Rep.)

SAUK COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 23,800. It has two members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(Towns of Bear Creek, Franklin, Honey Creek. Merrimack, Prairie du Sac, Sumter, Spring Green, Troy, Washington and Westfield.) The member is JOHN YOUNG (Rep.), of Honey Creek.-P. O. address, Black Hawk. He was born in Troy, Richland county, Ohio, July 22, 1826; received a common school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1853, and settled in Honey Creek Valley; has served as chairman of the town board, and filled va

rious other minor offices. He received 1,046 votes, against 673 for Henry Ochsner (Lib. Rep.)

SECOND DISTRICT.-(Towns of Baraboo, Delton, Dellona, Excelsior, Fairfield, Freedom, Greenfield. Ironton, La Valle, Reedsburgh, Winfield and Woodland.) The member is JOHN KELLOGG (Rep.), of Reedsburgh. He was born in Catlin, N. Y., December 11, 1833; received a common school education; is by profession a merchant; he came to Wisconsin in 185), and settled at Reedsburgh; has been postmaster for four years, and has filled various town offices. He received 1,418 votes, against 908 for John B. Crawford (Lib. Rep.)

SHAWANO COUNTY.

[AND PARTS OF OUTAGAMIE AND WAUPACA.l

(Towns of Bear Creek, Larrabee, Matteson, Lebanon, Mukwa and Royalton, in the county of WAUPACA; and the towns of Black Creek, Bovina, Deer Creek, Ellington, Hortonia, Liberty, Maine, Maple Creek, Osborn and Seymour, in the county of Outagamie, and village of New London in both counties.)

The district contained a population in 1870, of 12, 896. The member is

CORYDON L. RICH (Dem.), of Bovina-P. O. address Shiocton, Outagamie county. He was born in Lewis county, N. Y., February 28, 1817; received an academic and common school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled at Oshkosh; was a member of the assembly from Winnebago county in 1853. He received 1,804 votes, against 1,060 for William Masters (Rep.)

SHEBOYGAN COUNTY

Contained a population in 1870 of 31,749. It has three members.

FIRST DISTRICT. (City of Sheboygan, and towns of Herman, Moselle, Sheboygan and Wilson. The member is JULIUS BODENSTAB (Lib.Rep.), of Herman-P.O. address Howard's Grove. He was born in Ronnenberg, Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, January 13, 1834; received a common school and academic education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to the United States with his parents in 1846, first settling at Albany, N. Y., but removed to Wisconsin in 1847, settling at Herman, Sheboygan county: he entered the military service during the rebellion, August 21, 1862, as a private, and

was commissioned 2d Lieut. Co. C, 27th Wis. Vol. Inf.; was subsequently promoted to 1st Lieut., and transferred to Co. I, and was discharged September 26, 1865; during his term of service he participated in the siege and capture of Vicksburg, Miss., Little Rock, Ark., and Spanish Fort, Ala.; has served as town clerk and chairman of the town board. He received 1,379 votes, against 641 for Joseph Schrage (Rep.)

SECOND DISTRICT. (Towns of Greenbush, Lyndon, Mitchell, Plymouth, Rhine and Russell.) The member is OTTO PUHLMAN (Dem.), of Plymouth. He was born in Goerzke, Prussia, June 12, 1838; was educated at the academy called "Cloister of Our Dear Ladies," in Magdeburg, Prussia; is by occupation a miller; he came to Wisconsin in 1860 and settled at Plymouth: he entered the military service April 17, 1861, in 4th Wis. Vols.; was promoted as lieutenant in the 19th Wis., and served with it in all its campaigning until diseharged at the expiration of its term of service in spring of 1865, having served nearly four years; was the democratic nominee for state senator in Sheboygan Co., in 1868. against Judge D. Taylor. He received 947 votes, against 208 for La Fayette Eastman (Rep.)

THIRD DISTRICT.-(Towns of Abbott, Holland, Lima, Scott, Sheboygan Falls and the village of Sheboygan Falls.) The member is PETER DAANE, Jr., (Rep.), of Holland-P. O. address, Oostburg. He was born in Westkapella, province of Zealand, Holland, March 26, 1835; received a public school education; is by profession a merchant; has held various town offices, and has been chairman of the town board of supervisors from 1867 to the present time; he enlisted in the military service during the war for the Union, in the 27th regiment Wis. Vols. Inf., and served till the close of the war, being 1st lieutenant of Co. "F" at the time of his discharge. He received 1,140 votes, against 737 for Josiah Platt (Dem.)

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lawyer; he first came to Wisconsin, with his parents, in 1842, and settled in Green county; removed to St. Croix Falls in 1858, and to Prescott in 1861, where he entered the military service; on his discharge in 1865 took up his residence at Trempealeau; he entered the military service in 1861 in 1st Wis. Inf., and remained with the regiment, participating in its various engagements and skirmishes until discharged in 1865; at the battle of Chickamauga was wounded through the left shoulder; at the time of his discharge was a Lieut. of Co. F. He has held various town offices, and is president of the village board; has held the office of county judge since 1867. He received 941 votes, against 917 for Ole A. Hegg (Lib. Rep.)

VERNON COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 15,645. It has two members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(Towns of Bergen, Coon, Christianà, Franklin, Genoa, Hamburg, Harmony, Jefferson, Sterling and Wheatland.) The member is PETER JERMAN (Rep.), of Sterling-P. O. address, Rising Sun, Crawford Co. He was born in Lerdahl, Bergens Stift, Norway, Jan. 3, 1835; received an ordinary public school education; is by occupation a farmer; he came to Wisconsin in 1851, remaining in Dane county for two years, and removing to Sterling (West Prairie), Vernon Co., in 1853; has been town supervisor for several years, and a member of the county board of supervisors two years. He received 1,089 votes against 457 for Wm. Clawater (Ind.)

SECOND DISTRICT.-(Towns of Clinton, Forest, Greenwood, Hillsborough, Kickapoo, Liberty, Stark, Union, Viroqua, Webster and Whitestown.) The member is J. HENRY TATE (Rep.), of Viroqua. He was born in Landgrove, Bennington Co., Vt., March 5, 1830; received a common school education; is by profession a merchant; he came to Wiseonsin in 1865 and settled at Viroqua; he entered the military service during the war for the Union as commissary sergt. in the 2d Regt. R. I. Vols., in June, 1861; was with the regiment in the first battle of Bull Run, and also through the whole of the peninsular campaign; promoted to 2d Lieut. and detailed as as-istant division Q. M.; promoted to 1st Lieut. and regimental Q. M.; participated in all the battles in which the 3d division, 6th corps, was engaged, up to March 14, 1864, when

he resigned. He received 802 votes against 628 for Robert Sandon (Ind.)

WALWORTH COUNTY.

Contained a population, in 1870, of 25,972. It has three members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(Towns of Darien, Delavan, Richmond, Sharon and Walworth.) The member is CARLOS LAVALETTE DOUGLASS (Rep.), of Walworth. He was born in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., November 4, 1827; received a common school education: is by occupation a farmer and flour manufacturer; at an early age removed to Michigan, where he resided for 8 years, and for 18 months on Lake Superior; he came to Wisconsin in 1837, and settled at Walworth; was chairman of the town board for eight successive years. He received 1,176 votes, against 405 for Henry Barlow (Lib.)

SECOND DISTRICT.-(Towns of Bloomfield, Elkhorn, Geneva, La Fayette, Lynn, Lyons and Spring Prairie). The member is FRANK LELAND (Rep.), of Elkhorn. He was born at Serdinia, Erie county, N. Y., June 9, 1835; received a common school education; is by profession a publisher and printer, and is proprietor of the Walworth County Independent; he came to Southport in 1816, and went to Waukegan, Ill., in 1851, where he learned the art of typography; was deputy U. S. marshal from 1866 until October last; was a delegate to the republican national convention at Baltimore in 1872. He received 1,052 votes, against 658 for O. C. Chase (Lib. Rep.)

THIRD DISTRICT.-(Towns of East Troy, La Grange, Sugar Creek, Troy, and Whitewater.) The member is CHARLES R. GIBBS, of Whitewater. He was born in Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., December 14, 1813; received an academic education is by occupation a farmer; he resided in Georgia from 1832 to 1839, holding the office of postmaster in 1835-36; resided in Alabama from 1839 to 1846, holding the office of county judge of Shelby county from 1841 to 1846; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, and settled at Janesville; was an unsuccessful candidate for the state senate from Rock county, in 1848, on the free soil ticket; was elected register of deeds of Rock county in 1854, and has held various local offices; was appointed one of the managers of the Industrial School for Boys by Gov. Harvey, and is still a member

of the board. He received 1,168 votes against 549 1or Perry G. Harrington (Dem.)

WASHINGTON COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 23,919. It has two members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(Towns of Erin, Germantown, Hartford, Jackson, Polk and Richfield.) The member is HIRAM WILSON SAWYER(Dem.), of Hartford. He was born in North Haverhill, Grafton Co., N. H., June 11, 1841: is by profession a lawyer; he came to Wisconsin in 1846, with his parents, and settled at Burnett, Dodge Co.; was admitted to the bar in 1867. He was elected to the assembly without opposition,receiving 1,547 votes.

SECOND DISTRICT.-(Towns of Addison, Barton, Farmington, Kewaskum, Trenton, Wayne and West Bend, and village of Schleisingerville.) The member is BARUCH SCHLEISINGER WEIL (Dem.), of Schleisingerville. He was born in Strasbourg, France, June 29. 182; received a common school education; is by occupation, a farmer and real estate broker. On arriv

ing in the United States he first settled at New Orleans, La.; removed to Wisconsin in 1845, and settled at Schleisingerville, and removed from thence to Cedar Lake,in West Bend, where he now resides; was member of the assembly from Washington county in 1852, of the state senate in 1853, 1856 and 1857. and candidate for presidential elector on the democratic ticket for the state at large in 1856; was brigadier general in the Wisconsin state militia; was chairman of the town board of West Bend for two years. Was again elected to the assembly in 1870, and in 1871, and re-elected in 1872, receiving 794 votes, against 669 for J. R. Kohlsdorf, (Rep.). and 315 for Phillip Schmidt (ind. Dem.)

WAUKESHA COUNTY

Contained a population, in 1870, of 28,274. It has two members.

FIRST DISTRICT.-(Towns of Eagle, New Berlin, Genessee, Muskego, Mukwonago, Ottawa, Summit, Vernon and Waukesha.) The member is FRANCIS G. PARKS (Rep.), of Eagle. He was born in the town of Goshen, Addison county, Vermont, June 1, 1824; he received a common school education and a partial academic course of instruction at Brandon, Vermont; he became a residout

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