Biographical Sketches:  HENRY OVERBECK, JR.


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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 746

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.

DOOR COUNTY. Population, 1900-17,583. (Unchanged by apportionment of
1901.)

HENRY OVERBECK, JR. (Rep.), of Sturgeon Bay, was born Feb. 2, 1853, at
Tonawanda, N. Y.; was educated in the common schools; came to
Wisconsin In 1854; lived at Ahnapee until 1887, and since then at
Sturgeon Bay; is a telegraph operator and insurance agent, and has
been manager of the Western Union at Sturgeon Bay since 1887; owned a
half interest in the Ahnapee Record from 1S82 to 1885; is chairman of
the eighth congressional district Republican committee, and is serving
his fourth term as chairman of the county committee. He was elected to
the assembly in 1896, re-elected in 1898 and again in 1900, receiving
2,288 votes, against 733 for Thomas Vose (Dem.).