Biographical Sketches:  L. D. Harvey


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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 727.

STATE OFFICERS. Terms end first Monday in January, 1903.

STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

L. D. HARVEY (Rep.), was born in New Hampshire in 1848. Has resided in
Wisconsin since 1850. Until fifteen years of age he lived on a farm in Rock coun-
ty, and attended the district school such portions of the year as necessary atten-
tion to the work of the farm would allow. He completed a college course in
Milton college in 1872, having taught four winter terms in district schools to
secure money to assist in paying college expenses. Since leaving college he
has had experience in the educational field covering work in private schools,
graduated village schools, high school and normal schools, and has served as a
member of the Board of Education in Sheboygan for five years and Oshkosh for
one year. While member of the Board of Education in Sheboygan he was also
city superintendent of the schools. In the normal school work he was for seven
years institute conductor and teacher of political economy and civics in the
Oshkosh Normal school and for six years was president of the Milwaukee Nor-
mal school. While serving as superintendent of schools in Sheboygan he was
engaged in the practice of law and in business enterprises. In 1890 he was pres-
ident of the Wisconsin Teachers' association, and since 1892 has been chairman
of the legislative committee of that association. In 1897 he was vice president
of the National Educational association, and president of the library depart-
ment of that association, to which office he was re-elected in 1898. In 1898 he
was elected state superintendent and was again elected in 1900, receiving 263,966
Totes against 159,757 for Homer B. Hubbell (Dem.), 9,904 for Henry E. Senn
(Pro.), and 6,701 for August Buetow (Soc.-Dem.). In 1900 he was elected presi-
dent of the Department of Superintendence of the National Educational asso-
ciation.