Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Ackerman, Christian ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Smith Vickery http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0005998 November 3, 2014, 11:12 pm Source: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1897 Author: Compiled and Published under under the direction of Henry Casson ASSEMBLY. The assembly consists of 100 members, who are chosen biennially by districts, and who receive a compensation of $500 for their term of office. The speaker is chosen by the members, and receives $500 for his services. The assembly contains 91 republicans, 8 democrats and 1 fusion. SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. First District. The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Eighth wards of the city of Sheboygan. Population in 1885—16,647. CHRISTIAN ACKERMAN (Rep.), of Sheboygan, was born in the city of Ottendorf, Hanover, Germany, September 4, 1850. He received his education in the common schools of his native city and came to Chicago in 1869. He located in Sheboygan in 1874, and has since resided there. By occupation he is a mason contractor and manufacturer of brick. He was a member of the board of supervisor in his county from 1884 to 1888, and was one of the incorporators of the Sheboygan mutual building and loan association, and has been one of its directors since 1885. He was elected to the assembly in 1894, receiving 1,412 votes, against 1,216 for H. Mueller, democrat, and 589 for Wm. Schultz, populist; he was re- elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 2,192 votes, against 1,124 for Charles Dean, democrat and populist. Additional Comments: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under the direction of Henry Casson, Secretary of State 1897. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1897/ackerman1308gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb