Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....BARKER, CHARLES 
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Author: Published Under the Direction of Halford Erickson, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1903.

ASSEMBLYMEN. 

IRVINE L. LENROOT, Speaker; C. 0. MARSH, 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
1003 contains 75 republicans and 25 democrats.


MILWAUKEE COUNTY. Twelfth District. The 19th and 22d wards
of the city of Milwaukee. Population, 1000—20,231.

CHARLES BARKER (Rep.), of Milwaukee, is in the insurance
business. He was born at Attebow, Norfolk, England, Nov. 15th,
1849. For several years he worked at his trade as a miller;
came to this country in 1872; from 1S77 to 1892 he was a
Methodist minister. Owing to ill health he resigned and took
up life insurance. He has always been an ardent republican,
taking an active part in political work. He was elected to the
assembly in 1900 and re-elected in 1902, receiving 1,415 votes
against 1,177 for William A. Yunker (Dem.), and 1,157 for
Gustave for Richter (Soc. Dem.).

Additional Comments:
The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Compiled and
Published Under the Direction of Halford Erickson,
Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1903. 1069
- 1117.

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