Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....WHITEHEAD, JOHN M. 
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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.

TWENTY-SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Rock county. Population,
1900—51,203.

JOHN M. WHITEHEAD (Rep.) was born July 29, 1852, on a farm
in Hillsboro, Ill. He was educated at Hillsboro Academy,
preparatory department of Wabash College, Crawfordsville,
Ind. (1871-2), Willlston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. (1872-
3), Yale College (1873-77), where he took the degree of A.B.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Illinois In
October, 1880, and to the bar of Wisconsin in September,
1883. He came to Wisconsin in August, 1883, settling at
Janesville, where he has since resided. Has been a member of
the county board of Rock County, representing the fourth
ward of Janesville. Was elected to the state senate in 1896,
and again in 1900, receiving 6,752 votes against 4,438 cast
for Alexander Buchanan (Dem.), and 375 for George J. Kellogg
(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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