Biographical Sketches:  CHARLES BARKER


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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under
the direction of Wm. H. Froehlich, Secretary of State 1901.

page 758

ASSEMBLYMEN.

GEO. H. RAY, Speaker; W. A. NOWELL, Chief Clerk; A. M. ANDERSON,
Sergeant-at-Arms.

The Assembly consists of 100 members. They are chosen biennially and
receive $500 for their service during the term. The Speaker Is chosen
by the members and receives an additional $500 for his services as
Speaker. The Assembly of 1901 contains 82 Republicans and 18
Democrats.

MILWAUKEE-Twelfth District. The 19th and 20th wards of the city of
Milwaukee. Population in 1900-27,083. (Changed. Now wards 19 and 22.
Population -20,231.)

CHARLES BARKER (Rep.), of Milwaukee, Is In the insurance business. He
was born in England Nov. 15, 1849, and came' to Wisconsin in 1876. He
was educated in common and private schools in England. He is a miller
by trade, came to this country in 1872 and worked at his trade several
years. From 1878 to 1890 he was a Methodist preacher, which line of
work he quit and took up insurance. He was elected to the assembly by
3,505 votes, against 2,241 for W. A. Yunker (Dem.), and 1,040 for
Charles A. Blodgett (Soc. Dem.).