Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....DINSDALE, JAMES
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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. BURNETT AND POLK COUNTIES.

CRAWFORD COUNTY. One District.  Population,  1900—17,286.

JAMES DINSDALE (Rep.) was born in Yorkshire, England,
November 18, 1848; came with his parents to America in
1849, settling in Grant county; taught school a short time
and entered the State University; he graduated at Lawrence
University in 1875; graduated at Rush Medical College in
1878, and began practicing medicine in Soldiers Grove the
same year; has held various town offices and was chairman
of the county board of Crawford county one year; was
president of the village of Soldiers Grove three years;
member of the board of pension examiners ten years; was
elected member of assembly in 1902, and was re-elected in
1904, receiving 1,908 votes against 1,770 votes for
Jeremiah O'Neil (Dem.).

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

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