Biographical Sketches:  WALTER L. HOUSER


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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 739

THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

OFFICERS OF THE SENATE

The senate is composed of thirty-three members, who hold office for
four years and receive $500 each for their services at each regular
session. Members of the senate, session of 1901, representing odd
numbered districts, were elected In Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1903.
Those representing even numbered districts were elected in 1900. Their
terms will end Jan. 1, 1905. The lieutenant-governor, is president of
the senate, but can vote only in case of a tie. A temporary president,
to act in the absence of the president, is chosen by the members the
senate. The senate of 1901 contains 31 Republicans and 2 Democrats.
Lieutenant-Governor Jesse Stone, president; James J. McGillivray,
president pro tem.; Walter L. Houser, chief clerk; C. A. Pettibone,
sergeant-at-arms.


WALTER L. HOUSER, of Mondovi, Buffalo county, chief clerk of file
senate, was born May 6, 1855, at Tidioute, Pa., and came to Wisconsin
in 1865. He received a common school and academic education. He first
settled in Pierce county, where he resided until 1870, when he removed
to Pepin county, where he remained until 1874, when he returned to
Pierce county for a short time. Since 1875 he has resided in Mondovi.
He is editor of the Mondovi Herald, and engaged in farming and stock
raising. At the session of the legislature of 1895, he was chosen
chief clerk of the senate, and has been re-elected to that position at
each session since.