Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Stebbins, DeWayne ************************************************ 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 29, 2014, 8:15 pm 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. FIRST DISTRICT. Door, Kewaunee and Marinette counties. Population: 1895 -- 61,872. DeWAYNE STEBBINS (Rep.), of Ahnapee, Kewaunee county, was born at Clinton, Oneida county, N. Y., April 5, 1835, and came to Wisconsin with his parents in the fall of the same year. He received a common school education and graduated at the United States naval academy at Annapolis, served four years during the late war as an officer in the United States navy. He resided in Racine until 1856, when he removed to Ahnapee, where he has ever since made his home. He is cashier of the Bank of Ahnapee, and publisher of the Ahnapee Record. He was a member of the assembly in 1873, has been a member of the Kewaunee county board for 25 years, and is now chairman of that body. He was nominated for the assembly in 1870, but defeated by a narrow majority, and was elected to the state senate in 1894, receiving 6,332 votes, against 4,571 for C. C. Daily, democrat and populist, and 206 for G. A. Jacobson, prohibition. 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/stebbins1185gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb