Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Fogo, William M. 
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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.

RICHLAND COUNTY.
Population in 1895—19,619.
WILLIAM M. FOGO (Rep.), of Richland Center, was born June 18, 1841, in 
Columbiana county, Ohio; was educated in the common schools of Ohio and 
Wisconsin; came to Wisconsin with his parents in the year 1853, settling in the 
town of Marshall, Richland county; has been editor and publisher of the 
Republican Observer, of Richland Center, since 1873; he enlisted in Co. F, 2d 
Wis. Vol. Cavalry, December 10, 1861, serving one year; re-entered the army in 
1864 as sergeant major of the 42d Wis. Vol. Infantry and served until mustered 
out at the close of the war; was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 
2,540 votes, against 2,133 for F. O. Smith, democrat and populist, and 158 for 
John Maly, prohibitionist.

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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