Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....LEDVINA, LAWRENCE W.
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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.

MANITOWOC COUNTY.

Second District. The towns of Cato, Cooperstown, Eaton,
Franklin, Gibson, Kossuth, Maple Grove, Mishicott,
Rockland, Schleswig, Two Creeks, and Two Rivers, the
villages of Kiel and Reedsville, and the city of Two
Rivers. Population, 1900—21,918.

LAWRENCE W. LEDVINA (Rep.), of Kellnersville. was born in
the town of Franklin, Manitowoc county, Sept. 28, 1880. He
attended the common and parochial schools of that county
and at the age of sixteen began teaching school. He taught
for six years at Kellnersville and in the town of
Manitowoc Rapids. In 1902 be was elected president of the
Manitowoc County Teachers Association, and for three years
he served as a member of the board of common school
examiners. In the lull of 1903 he entered the law school
of the University of Wisconsin, where he is still engaged
in the study ol law. He is a member of the Phi Alpha Delta
Honorary Law Fraternity. Ever since attaining his majority
be has been actively interested in politics, having been
elected to represent his district as a delegate to all the
county, congressional and state conventions he was
ellgible to. In the last campaign he was engaged in
campaigning in the Bohemian language under the auspices of
the National Cong. Committee. He enjoys the distinction of
being the youngest member of the present legislature. He
is a member of the Judiciary Committee and of the
Committee on Bills on Third Reading. In his election to
the assembly he received 2,298 votes against 1,730 for J.
A. Geimer (Dem.), and 307 for J. Zahorik (Soc. Dem.).

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

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