Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Flett, William H. 
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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.

LINCOLN AND TAYLOR COUNTIES.
Population, 1895—23,263.

WILLIAM H. FLETT (Rep.), of Merrill, was born May 10, 1856, In the town
of Somers, Kenosha county, Was.; was educated in common schools and University 
of Wisconsin; read law one year in office of Quarles & Winslow, at Racine, and 
graduated from the law department of the Wisconsin University in 1884; resided 
in Kenosha county until 1884, except while attending or teaching school; 
located in Merrill in 1885, where he has since resided and practiced law; was 
city attorney of Merrill in 1888, 1889, 1894, 1895 and 1896; was chairman of 
Lincoln county republican committee from 1888 to 1892 and of the ninth 
congressional district republican committee from 1890 to 1894; was an 
unsuccessful candidate for district attorney of Lincoln county in 1886 and 
1890; was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 3.071 votes, against 2,562 
votes for Charles F. Groencke, democrat and populist fusion candidate.

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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