Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....McKENZIE, JAMES A.
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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.


WAUKESHA COUNTY.

First District. The towns of Eagle, Genesee, Mukwonago,
Muskego, New Berlin, Ottawa, Vernon and Waukesha, the
village of Eagle, and the city of Waukesha. Population,
1900—17,364.

JAMES A. McKENZIE (Rep.), of Vernon, was born January 27,
1862, in the town of Vernon, Waukesha county; was educated
in the common schools of his native town and at Carroll
College, Waukesha. For two years (1884 and 1885) clerked
in a general store at. Boardman, Wis. Since then he has
been engaged in the general merchandise
business at Vernon. He was elected town clerk three years
in succession and was assistant postmaster for fourteen
years. He was elected to the assembly in 1904, receiving
2,100 votes against 1,883 for W. H. Twohy (Dem.), and 109
votes for Daniel W. Hoon (Soc. Dem.), and 102 votes for
Solomon Vanderwalker  (Pro.).

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

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