Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....BENSON, LEWIS 
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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.

JEFFERSON COUNTY. Second District. The towns of
Aztalan, Cold Spring, Jefferson, Koshkonong, Lake
Mills, Oakland, Sumner and Waterloo, the villages of Lake
Mills and Waterloo, and the cities of Fort Atkinson and
Jefferson. Population, 1900 17,412.

LEWIS BENSON (Dem.), was born in the town of Oakland,
Jefferson county, Oct. 23, 1850. He received his education in
the common schools of his town and the Cambridge high school.
He is a farmer, and has always lived upon the farm where he
now resides. He was elected supervisor of the town of Oakland
in the years 1885-90, and chairman of the town board of
supervisors in 1891-5 and 1897-1900 ; was nominated for member
of assembly in 1896, but was defeated by 38 votes. He is
chairman of the town of Oakland and was elected chairman of
Jefferson county board in 1900. He was elected to the assembly
in 1898 and 1900, and re-elected in 1902, receiving 1,827
votes against 1,431 for Theodore B. Roach (Rep.), and 107 for
Lewis T. Liekhoefer (Pro.).

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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