Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....CHANDLER, JOSEPH P. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Vickery tsvickery@adelphia.net March 19, 2007, 5:04 pm 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. GRANT COUNTY. Second District. The towns of Bloomington, Boscobel, Castle Rock, Fennlmo're, Hickory Grove, Lancaster, Liberty, Little Grant, Marion, Milleville, Mt. Hope, Mt. Ida, Muscoda, Patch Grove, Watterstown, Wingville, Woodman and Wyalusing, the villages of Bloomington, Fennimore, Montford and Muscoda, the cities of Boscobel and Lancaster. Population 1900—19,187. JOSEPH P. CHANDLER (Hep.), of Montford, Grant county, Wis., was born at Monticello, Louis county, Missouri, Aug. 22, 1840; came to Wisconsin in 1847; has been a resident of Grant county for 55 years; was educated in the common schools and academy of Platteville, Wis. Has always made farming his occupation; was assessor for his town for 20 successive years; has been chairman of board of supervisors and member of county board for the past 5 years and at present is president of the board of education of Montford high school, Was elected member of assembly in 1902, receiving 2,413 votes against 1,259 for William L. Miller (Dem.), and. 195 for John W. Horsfall (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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1903/bios/chandler109gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb