Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Yorkey, John 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.MILWAUKEE COUNTY.

Thirteenth District. The Thirteenth ward of the city of Milwaukee.
Population, 1895—15,291.

JOHN H. YORKEY (Rep.), of Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, was born October 4, 
1856, at Ava, Oneida county, New York, and was educated in private and public 
schools; came to Wisconsin January 2, 1885; resided at Fredonia from 1885 to 
1887, and in Milwaukee from 1887 to the present time; he is a laundryman by 
occupation, being president of the Northwestern Laundry in Milwaukee; was 
chairman of the republican county committee of the thirteenth ward of Milwaukee 
from January, 1894 to 1896. He was elected to the assembly in 1896, receiving 
1,667 votes, against 1,393 for James F. Sullivan, fusion candidate, and 56 for 
Charles Minkley, socialistic labor.

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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