Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Legried, Christopher ************************************************ 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, 4:00 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. DANE COUNTY. Second District. The towns of Albion, Bristol, Christiana, Cottage Grove, Deerfield, Dunkirk, Medina, Pleasant Springs, Sun Prairie, Vienna, Windsor, York and the villages of Deerfield and Sun Prairie, and the city of Stoughton. Population in 1895—21,421. CHRISTOPHER LEGRIED (Rep.), of Cambridge, Dane county, was born January 27, 1857, in Deerfield, Dane county, Wisconsin, and was educated in the common schools; resided on a farm in Deerfield until he was twenty-one years old; since that time has been engaged in black smithing and manufacturing at Cambridge; has been a member of the county board from the village of Cambridge continuously since 1892 and has served as trustee of the village for two years; has been a member of the Dane county campaign committee since 1894. He was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 3,466 votes, against 1,444 for Geo. L. Saunders, democrat, and 1166 for Lorenzo D. Clark. 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/legried1235gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb