Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Whelan, John W.  
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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

TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT Buffalo, Eau Claire and Pepin counties. Population, 
1895—57,670.

JOHN W. WHELAN (Rep.) was born Nov. 1, 1845, and is a native of Wisconsin. He 
was educated in the common schools and Wisconsin University, graduating from 
the latter institution in the class of 1871; resided at Monches, Waukesha 
county, from 1845 to 1872; Fort Worth, Texas, from 1872 to 1874; Eau Claire, 
Wis., from 1874 to 1876; Mondovi, Buffalo county, from 1876 to the present 
time; taught several terms of school prior to 1872; studied law with Judge 
Barclay at Fort Worth, Texas, and at Eau Claire and was admitted to the bar in 
that city in 1876, and has practiced law ever since at Mondovi; lives on a farm 
of 500 acres adjoining Mondovi city; has been president of the Bank of Mondovi 
since its organization; was member of the Wisconsin legislature in 1889 and 
1890, and served several terms as chairman of the county board of supervisors 
of Buffalo county; was nominated for the assembly in 1890 on the Republican 
ticket, but was defeated by John Leonhardy, democrat. He was elected to the 
senate in 1896, receiving 7,943 votes, against 3,857 for Victor Wolf, democrat, 
and 225 votes for John D. Elldridge, 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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