Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....SMELKER, ROY C. ************************************************ 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 19, 2007, 7:44 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. IOWA COUNTY. One district. Population, 1900—-23,114. ROY C. SMELKER (Rep.), was born in Iowa county, Wis., March 7, 1.875; graduated from the Dodgeville high school in 1892 and from the State University in 1897; enlisted in Co. G, 1st Wis. Vols., April 28, 1898, and was mustered out at the close of the Spanish-American war. Graduated from the law school in 1899 and began practicing with his father under the firm name of Smelker & Smelker. Was elected member of assembly in 1902, receiving 2,601 votes against 1,793 for Edward Duffy (Dem,), and 194 for Fred G. Cork. (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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1903/bios/smelker112gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb