Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....McDonald, Jr., Thomas ************************************************ 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, 6:16 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. GRANT COUNTY. First District. The towns of Bloomington, Boscobel, Castle Rock, Fennimore, Hickory Grove, Lancaster, Liberty, Little Grant, Marion, Millville, Mount Hope Mount Ida, Muscoda, Patch Grove, Watterstown, Wingville, Woodman, ' Wyalusing, and the villages of Bloomington, Fennimore, Montfort, Muscoda, and the cities of Boscobel and Lancaster. Population in 1895 — 18,917. THOMAS MCDONALD, JR. (Rep.), of Lancaster, Grant county, ^as born February 24, 1865, at Lancaster, Grant county, Wisconsin; was educated in the common schools and Bayless College at Dubuque, graduating from the latter institution in 1884; has always resided at Lancaster, living .on a farm until twenty-six years of age; was in the mercantile business three years, since which time he has been an insurance solicitor. He was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 2,677 votes, against 1,765 for J. J. Oswald, democrat. 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/mcdonald1247gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb