Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....EKERN, HERMAN L.
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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.

TREMPEALEAU COUNTY.

One district. Population, 1900—23,114.

HERMAN L. EKERN (Rep.), was born in the town of Pigeon,
Trempealeau county, Wis., Dec. 27, 1872. He was educated
in the common schools at Pigeon and Whitehall and
graduated from the college of law at the University of
Wisconsin in the class of 1894, and since his graduation
has been practicing law at Whitehall, Wis., in co-
partnership with H. A. Anderson under the firm Herman L.
Ekern under the firm name of Anderson & Ekern. In 1894
he was nominated and elected for the office of district
attorney for Trempealeau county on the Republican ticket,
and held the office for two terms. He was elected to the
assembly in 1902, and was re-elected in 1904, receiving
3,309 votes against 1,201 votes for Albert E. Bernet
(Dem.), and 127 votes for Henry Russeling (Pro.).

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

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