Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Buckstaff, George A. 
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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.

WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
First District. The town of Oshkosh, and the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, 
Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth wards of the city of Oshkosh.  
Population in 1895—19,372.

GEORGE A. BUCKSTAFF (Rep.), was born at Oshkosh, December 22, 1861. He prepared 
for college in the public schools of Oshkosh, and attended the Wisconsin State 
University in the civic-historical course from 1882 to 1885. He graduated from 
Columbia Law school and from the University of Wisconsin Law school in 1886. 
Upon his admission to the bar in 1886, he entered the Buck- staff-Edwards 
Company, manufacturers of caskets and chairs at Oshkosh, and has ever since 
been manager of the chair department and secretary of the company. He was 
elected to the assembly in 1894, from the 3d district, receiving 2,749 votes 
over Leo L. Larrabee, democrat, who received 1,036 and Nick Becker, populist, 
who received 252. He was re-elected to the assembly in 1896, from the 1st 
district, receiving 2,487 votes, against 2,042 for D. W. Fernandez, democrat. 
He was elected speaker of the assembly, session of 1897, receiving 91 out of 
100 votes cast.

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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