Biographical Sketches:  HENRY J. SOLTAWEDEL


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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 758

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.

MILWAUKEE-Thirteenth District. The, 12th ward of the city of
Milwaukee. Population in 1900-17,026. (Unchanged by apportionment of
1901.)

HENRY J. SOLTAWEDEL (Rep.), of Milwaukee, was born Aug. 4, 1859, at
Beuthen, Germany. He came with his parents to this country in 1868,
settling in the Thirteenth ward of the city of Milwaukee, receiving
his education in the public and parochial schools of that city. Since
1873 his occupation has been that of a barber, and for thirteen
consecutive years he was proprietor of the Schlitz hotel barber shop.
He was elected to the assembly in 1898, and again in 1900, receiving
1,623 votes, against 1,232 for Ernest Leidel (Dem.), and 271 for Henry
Harbicht (Soc. Dem.).