Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....ANDREW, WALLACE W. ************************************************ 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 24, 2007, 11:17 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. DOUGLAS COUNTY. Second District. The towns of Brule, Gordon, Nebagamon and Superior, and the 1st, 7th, 8th, 9th and 18th wards of the city of West Superior. Population in 1900—18,295. WALLACE W. ANDREW (Rep.), of South Superior, was born in Sheboygan county, Dec. 25, 1850. Later his parents' moved to Oregon, Dane county, and he attended the schools in Oregon. Early in life he engaged in purchasing grain and live stock, which business he successfully followed for twenty years. He then became interested in the manufacturing business, and in 1894, with his three brothers, went to Superior and established the Duplex Manufacturing company, at South Superior, in which company he has since been interested and of which he is now vice- president. He was elected to the assembly in 1900 and re- elected in 1904, receiving 2,548 votes against 816 votes for Geo. W. Kane (Dem.), and 193 votes for F. H. Clark (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/andrew796gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb