Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....DOUGLAS, ANDREW S. ************************************************ 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, 5:08 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. GREEN COUNTY, One district. Population, 1900 - 22,719. ANDREW S. DOUGLAS (Rep.) was born at Havelton, N. Y., June 1O, aboul 1840; came to Portage, Wis., in 1852, later settling in Milwaukee and Janesvllle; received a common and high school education; served in the war of the rebellion with Co. A, 40th regiment Wis. Vol. Inf.; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and formed, a co-partnership with Judge H. A. Patterson; removed to Brodhead in 1867 and continued the practice of law. Was elected district attorney of Green county in 1869, in which capacity he served fourteen years; served several terms as city clerk of Monroe; was secretary of the Green County Agricultural society a number of years; served on the county board two terms, and is serving his city as mayor at the present time. Was elected member of assembly in 1902, receiving 2,147 votes against 1,599 for Ira M. J. Cryst (Dem.), and 201 for Joshua H. Berkey (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/douglas110gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb