Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-03
LEGIsLArIvE STATISTICS.
The Law Mahers--Their Nativity, De-
cupation, Sc, &C.

/ cupation, Sc, &C.
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The Legislative Manual will contain
not only complete list of the members
of the Legislature, but q brief sketch of
each, including the population Of the
districts which they represent, the vote
by which they we're elected, the salient
points in their lives, their age, birth place
occupation and politics, making very
interesting compendium. These facts
were obtained in advance of the meeting
of the Legislature by Hon. A. j. Turner,
the laborious and careful compiler of the
Manual. mainly from replies to circulars
which he addressed 10 each member of
the Legislature elect. The following
statistics are compiled from the tables
prepared for the Manual. and will be
found of interest:
SENATE.-This body consists of SO
members; 10 Republicans, IA Demo
Gratis. The Oldest member is Lyman
Walker, of the I'd district. aged7l, born
in New York in 1899; the Youngest,
Samuel D. Burchard, of the 18Th district,
aged SO, born in New York in 1885,
Senator George Reed, of the 10th dis
trict, is the Oldest in the legislative ser.
vice, having been a member Of the Ter
ritorial Legislature from Waukssha coun-
ty in ls4S, while Satterlee Clark, of the
23d district. now serving bis ninth year
in the Senate, has had the largest legis-
latiye experience, 10 years. He is, also,
the Oldest settler, having come to Wis
consin in 1928. w. P. Lynde, of Mil
waukee, has been member Of Congress.
All but five members are native Ameri.
cans: IL having been born in New
York State; 8 each in Vermont, New
Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Ohio; 2
in Massachusetts; / each in the District
Of Columbia and Connecticut OF the
Senators of foreign birth, Messrs. Mel
son Williams and Town were born in
/ Canada; Deuster in Prussia; Schantz in
Germany; Kershaw in Ireland. BY oc.
cupation, are lawyers; farmers; 8
manufacturers; 2 each physicians, mer-
chants and Senat ors;"'1 each malster
and grain dealer. hotel keeper and farm.
err, lumberman, editor, farmer and mer.
chant produce dealer, lawyer and farm
or. Messrs. Ives and Krouskop, Demo-
Gratis, represent districts that gave Fair
child majority; Davis and Town, Re-
publicans, represent districts that gave
Robinson majority. 6F
AssEMBLY.-There are loo members,
60 Republicans, 40 Democrats, 5 of the
former and tive of the latter elected as
Independents" The Oldest member
is III. V. r. Wilmot, of washington
county, 6S, the youngest @. W. Beach,
of Columbia, and w. H. Tousley, of
Jefferson, each %, having been born in
March, ls4l. ID. w. Maxon of Wash
ington, has had the longest Legislative
experience, IL years, having been first
elected to the Legislature IN 1885,
Theodore Rodolf of La Crosse, is the
Oldest resident of the State, having come
here SO years ago, and Messrs. Granger
and Wilmot, each coming four years
ago, have been here the shortest time.
j. G. Squires was Bank Comptroller in
1853 and so. There were rs born in
America and 25 in foreign lands. Of
the former AZ are natives of New York;
2 of Vermont; 6 of Ohio; A each of
Maine, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania;
8 of New Hampshire; 2 John Adams
and May, Of Kentucky; l McNair of
North Carolina; each of Missouri and
New Jersey. Of the foreign born Z
came from Ireland; 8 each from Eng
land, Canada and Prussia; /, Albert,
from France; l, Sleyster. from Holland;
! l, Rcdolf, from Switzerland. By occu-
patton Al are classed as farmers; l 5 mer-
chants; lawyers; 4 editors; 8 each,
manufacturers, contractors and insurance
agents; Pierce and Pease, editors and
lawyers; 2, Chandler and Kuntz, ex ed
itors and farmers; 2 each, physicians,
land agents and millers; each, printer,
civil engineer; surveyor, land agent, mi.
ner, brewer, general agent, banker and
real estate agent, produce dealer, builder.
Messrs. Daniel Hall, Harris, Zautske,
Harrison and Brick, Republicans, repre-.
| sent districts that gave Robinson MAORI
ties, while Messrs. Gleason, Dobbs, Boyd
Squires, Potter, Rodolf j. NJ. Adams,
Totteu and McOonald, Democrats, rep
resent districts that gave Fairchild ma
jor:ties.
1t is interesting to note that il the
Democrats had secured the members
from all the districts where they usually
have majority with their gains, they
would have been able-if they could
have secured the aid of the Independent
Republicans-to control the legislature
and repeat the game played in Illinois
and Ohio.
| 1t is little curious that there are no
natives of Wisconsin, Wales or Norway
in either branch of the Legislature. 1t
is significant that there are two Irish Re-
publicans in the ACKNOWLEDGMENT and
Kennedy, and one in the Senase-Ker-
shaw.
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