Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....BIRD, HARLAN PAGE ************************************************ 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 S. Vickery tsvickery@gmail.com October 22, 2007, 1:55 am Author: Halford Erickson BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. MEMBERS OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. UNITED STATES. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. 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 1905, representing odd-numbered districts, were elected in 1902. Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1907. Those representing even-numbered districts were elected in 1904. Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1909. 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 1905 contains 28 republicans, 4 democrats, and one social democrat. Lieutenant-Governor James O. Davidson, president; James J. McGillivray, president pro tern.; L. K. Eaton, chief clerk; R. C. Falconer, sergeant-at-arms. FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Door, Kewaunee and Marinette counties. Population in 1900—65,617. HARLAN PAGE BIRD (Rep.), of Wausaukee, is a native of Bradford Co., Pa., born 64 years ago of New England parents. Attending common schools only, he engaged in land surveying and bookkeeping, which took him to Brooklyn, N. Y., and thence to the lumber woods of Marinette Co. He volunteered in '61, served four years in the civil war, two of which was as staff officer at division and corps headquarters; was wounded in the Vicksburg rifle pits. After the war he engaged in lumbering and mercantile pursuits; is also president of the Wausaukee State Bank. He was elected state senator in 1902, receiving 6,042 votes against 3,948 for Chas. Metzer (Dem.), and 208 for J. J. Sherman (Pro.). 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/bird358nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb