Biographical Sketches:  ANDREW JENSEN


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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 767

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.

WAUPACA - Second District. The towns of Bear Creek, Dupont, Harrison,
Helvetia, Iola (including Iola village), Larrabee, Lebanon, Matteson,
Mukwa, Union and Wyoming, and the city of Clintonville, and the First,
Second, Fourth and Fifth wards of the city of New London. Population
in 1900-15,278. (Unchanged by apportionment of 1901.)

ANDREW JENSEN (Rep.), of New London, was born near the city of
Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2, 1852. In 1867 he came with his parents to
Neenah, Wis., where they resided one summer. In the fall of the same
year they removed to Ogdensburg, Wis., which was his post-office
address until 1900, when he removed to New London. He is a lumberman
and farmer by occupation, and received his education in the common
schools of Den-mark and of Ogdensburg, Wis. He was elected to the
assembly in 1896 and 1898, and again in 19W, receiving 2,245 votes,
against 836 for John Hoffman (Dem.). lie is a conservative member, not
given to oratory, but looking well to the needs of the people he
represents.