Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Wolfinger, Joseph 
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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.

CALUMET COUNTY.
Population, 1895—17,744.
JOSEPH WOLFINGER (Dem.), of Dundas, was born at Wilson, Sheboygan county, 
January 7, 1857, and received a common school education in that county. He 
learned the blacksmith’s trade and settled in Dundas, as a blacksmith in 1877. 
In 1881, he went into the manufacture of cheese boxes and butter tubs, and is 
now proprietor of one of the largest establishments in that line in the state. 
He is president of the Dundas Butter and Cheese Company. He has been on the 
town board of Woodville since 1890, and on the county board since 1892. He was 
republican, 120 for Charles Hatch, populist, and 30 for S. D. Maltby, 
prohibitionist; was re-elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 1,662 votes, 
against, 1,531 for elected to the assembly in 1894, receiving 1,440 votes, 
against 1,063 for S. M.’ Scott, William Greverus, republican, and 266 for 
Charles Hatch, populist.

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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