Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Morgan, John E. ************************************************ 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 November 3, 2014, 10:28 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. SAUK COUNTY. Second District. The towns of Bear Creek, Franklin, Honey Creek, Ironton, La Valle, Reedsburg, Spring Green (including village of Spring Green, Troy, Washington, Westfield, Winfield, Woodland, and the village of La Valle and the city of Reedsburg). Population in 1895—16,396. JOHN E MORGAN (Rep.), of Spring Green, Sauk county, was horn June 14, 1847 at Carport, Meigs county, Ohio; was educated in the public schools of Spring Green and Spring Green Academy; came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1854 residing twenty-four years in the township of Spring Green and eighteen years in Spring Green village; taught school winters and farmed summers from 1867 to 1874- was a farmer from 1874 to 1878, since which time he has been engaged in shipping hogs, cattle and sheep to Milwaukee and Chicago; was deputy sheriff from 1887 to 1892; president of the board of education from 1890 to the present time. He was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 2,048 votes, against 1,582 for Henry W. Sarge, 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/morgan1305gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb