Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....CHANDLER, JOSEPH P.
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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.

GRANT COUNTY. Second District. The towns of Bloomington,
Boscobel, Castle Rock, Fennimore, Hickory Grove,
Lancaster, Liberty, Little Grant, Marion, Milleville, Mt.
Hope, Mt. Ida, Muscoda, Patch Grove, Watterstown, Wing-
ville, Woodman and Wyalusing, the villages of Bloomington,
Fennimore, Montford and Muscoda, the cities of Boscobel
and Lancaster. Population, 1900—19,187.

JOSEPH P. CHANDLER (Rep.), of Montford, Grant county,
Wis., was born at Monticello, Louis county, Missouri, Aug.
22, 1840 ; came to Wisconsin in 1847 ; has been a resident
of Grant county for 55 years; was educated in the common
schools and academy of Platte-ville, Wis. Has always made
farming his occupation; was assessor for his town for 20
successive years; has been chairman of board of
supervisors and member of county board for the past 5
years and at present Is president of the board of
education of Montford high school. Was elected member of
assembly in 1902 and was re-elected in 1904, receiving
2,527 votes against 1,880 votes for Thomas Edge (Dem.),
and 138 votes for Arasmus E. Cooley (Pro.).

Additional Comments:
Erickson, Halford.  The Blue Book of the State of
Wisconsin. Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer,
1905.

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