Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....AINSWORTH, RODERICK ************************************************ 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@gmail.com October 27, 2007, 8:31 pm Author: Halford Erickson BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. MEMBERS OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. UNITED STATES. ASSEMBLY. IRVINE L. LENROOT, Speaker; C. O. MARSH, Chief Clerk; Nicholas REVELER, Sergeant-at-Arms. The assembly consists of 100 members. They are chosen biennially and receive $500 for their services during the term. The speaker is chosen by the members and receives an additional $500 for his services as speaker. The assembly of 1905 contains 85 republicans, 11 democrats, and 4 social democrats. WAUKESHA COUNTY. Second District. The towns of Brookfield, Delafield, Lisbon, Menomonee, Merton, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee and Summit, the villages of Hartland, Menomonee Falls and Pewaukee, and the city of Oconomowoc. RODERICK AINSWORTH (Rep.), of Merton, is a farmer, born in Du Page county, Ill., and came to Wisconsin in 1844, where he obtained his education in Wisconsin common and normal schools. He has held various town offices and the secretaryship of the Lisbon Insurance company several years, and has taught school many years. He was elected to the assembly in 1900, 1902, and again in 1904, receiving 2,386 against 1,594 votes for Eugene W. Delaney (Dem.), and 95 votes for Fred C. Soil (Soc. Dem.). Additional Comments: Erickson, Halford. The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1905. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1905/bios/ainswort444nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb