Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Roehr, Julius Edward 
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Source: Compiled and Published under under the direction of Henry Casson
Author: The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, 1897

WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
The senate consists of thirty-three members, who hold their office for four 
years, and receive a compensation of $500 for each regular session. Senators 
representing odd numbered districts were elected in 1894, and hold office until 
January 1, 1899. Those from even numbered districts were elected in 1896, and 
hold office until January 1, 1901. The population given is from the census of 
1895.  The lieutenant-governor is president of the senate, but can vote only in 
case of a tie, when he has the casting vote therein.  The senate contains 29 
republicans and 4 democrats.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.

The Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth Wards of the City of Milwaukee.
Population, 1895—55,413.

JULIUS EDWARD ROEHR (Rep.) was born March 6, 1860, in Brooklyn, N. Y.; was 
educated in the public schools of Brooklyn and Milwaukee, and attended the 
Wisconsin University at Madison from 1879 to 1881, graduating therefrom in 
June, 1881; came to Wisconsin in May, 1873, settling in Milwaukee, where he has 
since resided; has practiced law since 1881; was nominated for member of 
assembly by the republicans of the eighth assembly district in 1892, and was 
defeated by the Bennett law issue; in the spring of 1892 he was nominated on 
the republican ticket for judge of the superior court, but was defeated by 
Judge John C. Ludwig; was elected to the senate in 1896, receiving 6,681 votes 
against 5,600 for Michael Kruszka, the democrat-populist fushion candidate, and 
126 for Oswald Schubert, the socialist labor candidate.

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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