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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.

NINETEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Winnebago county.
Population, 1000—58,225.

CHRISTIAN SARAU (Rep.), of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was born in
Segeberg, Holstein, Germany, June 7, 1839, and received a
common school education in Manitowoc county and at Oshkosh.
He came to Wisconsin with his parents in 1848, settling on a
farm in the town of Mishicott, Manitowoc county, removing to
Oshkosh in 1854, where he has resided since. He was admitted
to to the bar in 1878. In 1861 he was chosen assessor,
holding the office six years, and in 1866 was elected
justice, which office he has held constantly since, and was
appointed court commission in 1898. He was a member of the
assembly in 1899; was chairman of the committee on Federal
Relations, and a member of the committee on Cities, and was
re-elected in 1900, being a member of the same committees.
In 1902 he was elected to the state senate, receiving 6,167
votes against 4,7011 for A. C. McComb (Dem.), and 314 votes
for John T. Davis (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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