Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Krauss, Charles A. W. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Smith Vickery http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0005998 October 30, 2014, 10:59 pm 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.MILWAUKEE COUNTY. MILWAUKEE COUNTY. Fifteenth District. The towns of Granville, Milwaukee and the village of White- fish Bay, and the Twenty-first ward of the city of Milwaukee. Population in 1895—16,246. CHARLES A. W. KRAUSS (Rep.), of Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, was born October 24, 1851, in the town of Milwaukee, and was educated in the public schools and Spencerian Business College at Milwaukee, and has always resided in Milwaukee; was clerk in a loan office in Milwaukee from 1870 to 1875; was traveling agent for a Chicago house from 1875 to 1880, and is now engage in the real estate and loan business; was justice of the peace four years, from 1881 to 1884; supervisor from the town of Milwaukee from 1887 to 1891. He was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 1,981 votes, against 1,139 for Fred. Frisch, democrat and populist, and 47 for Carl Schultz, socialistic labor. Additional Comments: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under the direction of Henry Casson, Secretary of State 1897. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1897/krauss1282gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb