Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....GORDON, EDWARD B.
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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.

ASHLAND COUNTY.

One District.    Population,  1900—20,176.

EDWARD B. GORDON (Rep.) was born in Middletown, Conn., in
1862. At the age of 17 he set out for the west and
in 1879 arrived at Chippewa Crossing (now Glidden.)
He secured employment in the lumber woods where he worked
until 1884. That year he was elected school clerk in
the town of Jacobs and began teaching, which he followed
up until 1888. By economy and thrift he had
accumulated considerable timbered land and started in
the lumbering business for himself, which occupation he
followed up until 1896. He began his profession of
teaching again and taught until 1901, during that time
purchasing his present holdings in Glidden, the Gordon
Mercantile company store. It was then he took Charge
of the store. He repeatedly held the highest offices
possible for his townspeople to bestow upon him 1884.
In brief he was school clerk for 15 years; chairman of
town of Morse in '94-5-6; assessor for town in '97-8-9;
succeeded in having the town of Gordon set off from the
town of Morse In '99 and has been chairman of that town
ever since;'also was chairman of the county board for two
years. He was elected to the Assembly in 1904,
receiving 3,033 votes against 1,449 votes for Ferdinand
J. Collgnon (Dem.).

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

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