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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.

THIRTIETH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Florence, Forest, Iron,
Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida and Vilas counties. Population,
1900—53,835.

DANIEL E. RIORDAN (Rep.), was born September 7th, 1803, at
Berlin Green Lake county, Wisconsin; was educated in the
Berlin high school and Valparaiso normal school; studied law
in the office of Hon. R. L. D. Potter nl Berlin, Wisconsin,
and in the office of J. F. Riordan at Hayward, Wisconsin
resided at Berlin until 1891, at Hayward from 1891 to 1892,
and at Eagle River, Vilas county, from 1892 to the present
time; worked on a farm, attended school, taught school and
studied law until 1892; was admitted to the bar in 1892, and
has since practiced law, dealt in timber and farm lands,
published a newspaper, the Vilas County News, and is
proprietor of the Eagle River light and water plant; was
appointed judge of the municipal court of Vilas county by
Governor Topham in April, 1895; was elected to the same
position in April, 1899, and re-elected April 7, 1903, for
term ending May 1st, 1907; was nominated for the office of
district attorney, 1896, and declined; was elected to the
state senate in 1896 and was re-elected in 1900, receiving
10,600 against 5,781 votes cast for A. E. Krautn (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.

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