Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Beach, Joseph Barnes  
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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.

TREMPEALEAU COUNTY.
Population in 1895—21,963.

JOSEPH BARNES BEACH (Rep.), of Whitehall, was born May 12, 1853, in Charlotte, 
Chittenden county, Vermont; was educated in the common schools; came to 
Wisconsin with his parents in the spring of 1866; he resided on a farm until 
nearly 21 years of age, when he entered the office of the Galesville Journal 
and learned the printer’s trade; in 1873 he established the Galesville 
Independent under the auspices of the Galesville Printing Association; he 
conducted that journal one year, then went to La Crosse and started the North 
La Crosse Star remaining as one of the proprietors of that paper about two 
years, he became interested in the Whitehall Times in December, 1880, and has 
been sole editor and proprietor thereof since 1885; has been chairman of the 
republican county committee of  Trempealeau county continuously since 1884, 
which position he still holds; he was elected to the assembly in 1896, 
receiving 3,322 votes against 1,408 for Albert J. Bautch, 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.

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