Biographical Sketches:  Josephus C. Williams


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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 745

ASSEMBLYMEN.

GEO. H. RAY, Speaker; W. A. NOWELL, Chief Clerk; A. M. ANDERSON,
Sergeant-at-Arms.

The Assembly consists of 100 members. They fire 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.

DODGE COUNTY - Second District.  The towns of Beaver Dam, Calumus,
Chester, Burnett, Elba, Fox Lake, Lowell, Oak Grove, Portland, Trenton
and Westford, and the villages of Fox Lake, Lowell, Reeseville, and
East ward of the village of Randolph, and the cities of Beaver Dam and
Juneau, and the South ward of the city of Waupun.  Population in 1900
- 22,995. (Unchanged by the apportionment of 1901.)

JOSEPHUS C. WILLIAMS (Dem.), of Fox Lake, was born in the town of
Westford, Dodge County, Aug. 26, 1860.  He was educated in the common
schools and in the Spencerian Business College, Milwaukee, and is a
farmer and real estate dealer.  He has been town treasurer two terms,
village trustee four terms, a member of the county board one term and
is serving his second term as president of the village board of Fox
Lake.  He was elected to the assembly in 1900 by 2,637 votes, against
2,587 for James Gamble (Rep.) and 107 for John C. Sherman (Pro.).