Biographical Sketches:  WILLIAM F. COLLINS


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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 761

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.

PORTAGE COUNTY. First District. The towns of Carson, Eau Pleine, Hull,
Sharon, and the city of Stevens Point. Population in 1900-15,809.
(Changed. Portage county now one district.)

WILLIAM F. COLLINS (Dem.), of Stevens Point, Is a lawyer, educated in
common and high schools and the University of Wisconsin. He was born
in Stevens Point in 1869, was engrossing clerk of the state assembly
in the session of 1891, clerk of the senate Judiciary committee,
session of 1893, and member of the Board of Education of Stevens Point
1896 to 1898. He was elected to the assembly in 1900 by 1,736 votes to
1,314 for Augustus Oesterie (Rep.).