Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....JOHNSON, HENRY ************************************************ 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 20, 2007, 2:49 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. OCONTO COUNTY. One District. Population, 1900 20,871. HENRY JOHNSON (Rep.), of Suring, was born In Denmark, Dec, 2, 1854, where he received a commonn school education, and came to America in 1873, settling in Oshkosh, where he remained until 1870. He then bought land in the town of How, Oconto county, to which he moved and engaged in farming and lumbering. During the last three years he has also conducted a general warehouse and real estate business at Suring. He has been chairman of the town board two years and town treasurer nine years; was elected member of assembly in 1900 and re- elected in 1902, receiving 2,084 votes against 1,500 for Phillip A. Badour (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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1903/bios/johnson147gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb