Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....JOHNSON, OTIS WELLS 
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Author: Published Under the Direction of Halford Erickson, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial Statistics, 1903.

THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

SENATE. The senate is composed of thirty-three members, who
hold office for four years and receive $500 each for their
services at each regular session. Members of the senate,
session of 1903, representing odd-numbered districts, were
elected in 1902, Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1907. Those
representing even-numbered districts were elected in 1900.
Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1905. The lieutenant-governor
is president of the senate, but can vote only in case of a
tie. A temporary president, to act in the absence of the
president, is chosen by the members of the senate. The
senate of 1903 contains 3O Republicans and 3 Democrats.
Lieutenant-Governor James O. Davidson, president; James J.
McGillivray, president pro tern.; Theo. W. Goldin, chief
clerk; Sanfield Macdonald, sergeant-at-arms.

THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Kenosha and Racine counties.
Population, 1900—67,351.

OTIS WELLS JOHNSON (Rep.), of Racine, Wisconsin, was born in
Sagutuck, Michigan, March 12, 1855; was educated in the
public schools there and at Racine, and later attended
Farmington in Maine. Was first employed in St. Ignace in the
lumber business, later for a while in a Chicago lumber yard,
and afterwards again at St. Ignace, Mich., where he resided
until he came to Racine in about 1890 and engaged in the
manufacture of farm wagons. Was elected in 1902 to the state
senate, receiving 6,095 votes against 6,023 votes cast for
Michael Higgins (Dem.), and 311 votes for James P. Corse (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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