Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Ray, George H. 
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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.
LA CROSSE COUNTY.

First District. The town of Campbell, and the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, 
Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, 
Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth wards of the city of La Crosse.

Population in 1895—21,851.
GEORGE H. RAY (Rep.), of La Crosse, was born at St. Stephens, New Brunswick, 
October 4, 1847, both his father and mother being American citizens. He was 
educated in the common schools at St. Stephens, and came to this country at the 
age of eighteen, and resided in Rockland and Gardner, Maine. During his 
residence at Gardner he served two years in the city council of that place. He 
came to Wisconsin in 1878, and has with the exception of a brief residence at 
Neillsville, resided continuously at La Crosse. He served six years upon the 
county board of La Crosse county, being for two years chairman of the board. He 
is a member of the board of trustees of Beloit College, president of the State 
Bank of La Crosse and a stockholder and director in the Gem City Saw Mill 
company of Quincy, Illinois. He was elected to the assembly in 1894, receiving 
2,070 votes, against 1,536 for H. A. Pammel, democrat; 124 votes for John N. 
Jones, prohibitionist, and 470 for John Marquette, populist; was reelected to 
the assembly in 1896, receiving 3,291 votes, against 1,650 for R. C. Kuhn, 
silver democrat and populist, and 65 votes for Dr. H. C. Miller, 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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