Biographical Sketches:  W. L. McCORMICK


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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 741

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.

BAYFIELD, SAWYER AND WASHBURN COUNTIES. Population, 1900-23,506. (This
district unchanged by apportionment of 1901.)

W. L. McCORMICK (Rep.), of Hayward, Sawyer county, was born in Waseca,
Minn., June 12, 1876. He has held no office of any kind until elected
member of the assembly in 1900, when he was a lone candidate for the
office, having no opponent, and received 3,983 votes. He is a son of
R. L. McCormick, who was a leading member of the Minnesota State
Senate in 1891. W. L. McCormick was educated in the schools of
Faribault, Minn., Andover, Mass., Yale University, and studied law in
the University of Wisconsin. He is assistant cashier of the Sawyer
County Bank.