Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....COFFLAND, J. E. 
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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.

RICHLAND COUNTY. One District. Population, 1900—19,483.

J. E. COFFLAND (Dem.), was born in Ohio, 1864; educated in the
common schools; moved to Wisconsin in 1887 and engaged in the
clothing and furnishing goods business under the firm name of
Coffland Bros. Business is still continued under the same firm
name. Elected member of the county board, 1895; served on the
building committee of the Richland county asylum and is
serving the sixth year as trustee of the same institution; was
elected mayor of Richland Center in the spring of 1902. Was
elected member of assembly in 1902, receiving 1,040 votes
against 1,508 for William H. Thompson (Rep.), and 251 for John
W. Grimm (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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