Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....McGREGOR, DUNCAN
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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.

GRANT COUNTY. First District. The towns of Beetown,
Cassville, Clifton, Ellenborough, Glen Haven, Harrison,
Hazel Green, Jamestown, Lima, Paris, Platteville,
Potosl, Smelser and Waterloo, the villages of
Cassville, Cuba City, Hazel Green, and Potosi, and the
city of Platteville. Population, 1900—19,694.

DUNCAN McGREGOR (Rep.), of Platteville, Grant county, was
born in Prethshire, Scotland, in 1836, BDCl came directly
to Wisconsin with his father's family in 1857. His
preparatory education was obtained in Perth Academy, and
his collegiate in University and Kings College, Aberdeen, and
Lawrence University, Appleton. For four years after coming
to Wisconsin he found employment in running the
Wisconsin river, farming in summer, and teaching in winter.
He enlisted from Waupaca, where he had been principal of
the high school, and was commissioned captain of Co. A,
42d Wis. Inf., serving with his regiment to the close of the
war. In 1867 he was elected professor of mathematics
in the Plattesville Normal School, the first normal
school established in the state, and remained in the school
until June, 1904, in all thirty-seven years. He was
institute conductor for the Platteville school for nine
years, and president for twenty-three. He was
elected member of assembly in 1904, receiving 2,193
votes against 2,095 for J. W. Murphy (Dem.), and 65
for J. N. McLoed (Pro.).

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

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