Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....JOHNSTON, JAMES 
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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.

WAUKESHA COUNTY. First District. The towns of Eagle, Genesee,
Mukwonago, Muskego, New Berlin, Ottawa, Vernon and Waukesha,
the village of Eagle, and the city of Waukesha. Population,
1900—17,364.

JAMES JOHNSTON (Rep.), of Mukwonago, was born March 7, 1845,
in the town of Waukesha, Waukesha county, and was educated in
the common schools of his native town and at Milton college.
He resided for a time at Palmyra, Jefferson county; was
engaged in the hardware business at Mukwonago. He is a veteran
of the war of 1861 to 1865, serving his country in the
Thirteenth regiment, Wis. Vol. Inf., from Aug., 1861, to Jan.,
1866. He was elected to the assembly in 1898, 1900, and again
in 1902, receiving 1,837 votes against 1,566 for W. H. Twohy
(Dem.), and 102 for Valentine Young (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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