Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Connors, Mathew Joseph  
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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.

ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES.
Population in 1895—22,579.
MATHEW JOSEPH CONNORS (Rep.), of Hurley, was born August 17, 1855, in Ottawa, 
Canada; was educated in the Canadian common schools; came to this country and 
to Wisconsin in 1875; resided at Eau Claire from 1875 to 1880, Fifield from 
1880 to 1884, Ashland from 1884 to 1886, and at Hurley from 1886 to the present 
time; is a lumberman by occupation; was supervisor of the town of Vaughan in 
1892 and 1893; chairman of the county board of Iron county in 1893 and 1894 and 
sheriff of Iron county from January 1, 1894, to January 1, 1897; was elected to 
the assembly in 1896, receiving 3,973 votes, against 2,282 for Bert Williams, 
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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