Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Fisher, Charles Thompson 
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Source: Compiled and Published under under the direction of Henry Casson
Author: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1897

WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
The senate consists of thirty-three members, who hold their office for four 
years, and receive a compensation of $500 for each regular session. Senators 
representing odd numbered districts were elected in 1894, and hold office until 
January 1, 1899. Those from even numbered districts were elected in 1896, and 
hold office until January 1, 1901. The population given is from the census of 
1895.  The lieutenant-governor is president of the senate, but can vote only in 
case of a tie, when he has the casting vote therein.  The senate contains 29 
republicans and 4 democrats.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.

The Fourteenth and Seventeenth Wards of the City of Milwaukee, and the Villages 
of Cudahy, South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, and the Towns of Lake, Oak Creek, 
Franklin, Greenfield and Wauwatosa. Population, 1895 — 57,722.

CHARLES THOMPSON FISHER (Rep.) was born August 11, 1846, at Wauwatosa, Wis.; 
was educated at a select school in Wauwatosa and at the Spencerian. Commercial 
College in Milwaukee; is a farmer and stock raiser by occupation, and has 
always resided in Wisconsin. He was town treasurer of Wauwatosa in 1879-80, and 
chairman of the town board from 1892 to 1896. He was elected to the state 
senate in 1896, receiving 6,780 votes against George Winans, democrat, who 
received 3,130 votes, and Chester P. Porter, populist, who received 1,425 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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