Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....ELDRIDGE, A. D.
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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.


WINNEBAGO COUNTY. Second District. The towns' of
Clayton, Menasha, Neenah, Vinland, Winchester, Winneconne
and Wolf River, the village of Winneconne, and the cities
of Menasha and Neenah. Population, 1900—18,670.

A. D. ELDRIDGE (Rep.) was born In Menasha April 29th,
1851, and received a common school education in that city,
1871 to 1887 he was in the employ of W. P. Hewitt & Co.,
Menasha Woolen Mills, as bookkeeper. He left that position
in 1887 to accept the office of auditor and material agent
of Coronado Beach Co. of San Diego, California, one of the
largest firms then doing business in Southern California.
In 1890 Mr. Eldridge returned to Neenah and took charge of
Henry Sherry's extensive office business. He conducted
that until 1895, when he resigned to engage in business on
his own account, and became cashier and director of the
First National Bank of Iron Mountain, Mich. After nearly
three years of service in that position a reorganization
of the bank was effected and Mr. Eldridge returned to
Neenah. In 1898 he organized the Neenah Cold Storage
Co., and as president and manager built up a large
business. In 1899 he sold his stock in that company,
and engaged in the cheese trade on his own account, as
jobber and commission merchant, and has built up a
successful and extensive business.

While Mr. Eldridge has not been in any sense a politician
he has served the city most acceptably in the common
council. In 1894 he was chosen alderman by the electors of
the Second ward by one of the largest majorities ever
polled there. His record as chairman of the finance
committee during his two years of service proves he was
easily the leader of that body and of great value to the
whole city. In 1895 he was elected president of the common
council by unanimous vote. Although Mr. Eldridge has
repeatedly been asked to accept the republican nomination
for mayor since his return to Neenah in 1898, he has
steadily refused, ne consented to allow his name to go
before the assembly convention of the Second Winnebago
district only on the urgent request of friends in Neenah
and Menasha and the country districts. He kept himself out
of the caucus campaign consistently, and accepted the
nomination with one hope only to be of service to his
party and the people of the district. In his election to
the assembly in 1904, Mr. Eldridge received 2,030 votes
against 1,629 votes for Maximilian M. Schoetz (Dem.).

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

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