Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Dresser, Lester B. 
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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.

BURNETT AND POLK COUNTIES.
Population, 1895—22,009.
LESTER B. DRESSER (Rep.), of St. Croix Falls, was born in Osceola, Polk Co., 
Wisconsin, Sept. 3, 1864. He attended district school until seventeen years of 
age; then entered the Northern Indiana Normal school at Valparaiso, Ind., from 
which he graduated-in 1883. In 1884 he was elected principal of the high school 
at St. Croix Falls, Wis., which position he held for two years, giving it up 
for the superintendency of schools of Polk county, which he held for four 
years. In 1889 he was elected village clerk of St. Croix Falls. He was re-
elected to this office four times. He is now serving his fourth consecutive 
term as president of that village. He also has served on the school board. He 
entered the general merchandise business in 1890, and still follows it. He was 
elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 2,383 votes, against Simon Thorson, 
independent republican candidate, whose vote was 1,564, and A. M. Greely 
(fusion candidate) of the democratic and people’s party, who received 1,025 
votes.

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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