Biographical Sketches:  EDGAR  G. MILLS


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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 731-732

THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

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.



ELEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Burnett, Douglas and Polk counties.
Population, 1900-61,614.

EDGAR  G. MILLS (Rep.), of West Superior, was born in the town of
Aurora, Waushara county, Wis., Sept. 15, 1860, and was educated in the
common and high schools of Waushara, Marquette, Winnebago and Green
Lake counties. From 1886 to 1890 he resided at St. Cloud, Minn.   He
removed to West Superior in the fall of 1890; was a candidate for the
Republican nomination for congress in 1894. He Is a lawyer by
profession, and was a  member of the assembly from Douglas county,
session of 1893. He was elected to the state senate in 1898, receiving
5,332 votes, against 639 votes for Joseph S. Konkel (Dem.).