Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....CLAUSEN, LORENZO N.
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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 STREVELER, 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.

BAYFIELD, SAWYER AND WASHBURN COUNTIES.

One District.    Population,  1900—23,506.

LORENZO N. CLAUSEN (Rep.) was born in Hemnes, Helgeland,
Norway, October 5, 1855, where he received a common school
education.    At  the  age of fifteen he emigrated with
his parents to America, coming direct to Otter Tail
county, Minn. Here he remained for nearly ten years, being
engaged most of the time in common farm work and teaching
school, having meanwhile attended the State Normal School
at St. Cloud, Minn., for some time. He then moved to
Dalton, Minn., where he was appointed postmaster in 1881,
and afterward clerked in Fergus Falls, Minn., for a couple
of years. He was the first mail agent between Wadina and
Fergus Falls. On account of ill health he was compelled to
resign the position in 1884, and moved to Washburn,
Wisconsin, where he has resided since. In 1885 he was
appointed town clerk, holding this office by re-election
for four years; has served as justice of the peace most of
the time since 1885 ; was secretary of the board of
education for several years, and at the present time is
president of the board; was appointed deputy collector at
Washburn in 1886, holding this position nearly eight
years. In 1803 he was elected chairman of the town board
for one term. During the five years from 1889 to 1894 he
was cashier of the Bayfield County bank, and in 1898 was
elected county treasurer for Bayfield county for one term.
Has been chairman of the republican county committee of
Bayfield county for ten years. He is engaged in real
estate and insurance business. Was elected to the assembly
in 1904, receiving 3,737 votes against 1,515 votes for
Winfield E. Tripp.

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

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