Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....METZLER, LOUIS
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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.

MILWAUKEE COUNTY.

Tenth District. The 10th ward of the city of Milwaukee.
Population, 1900—17,024.

LOUIS METZLER (Rep.) was born in Milwaukee county Feb.
18, 1864. He received his education in the public school.
He was an employee in the general auditing department of
the C, M. & St. Paul Ry. from 1883 to 1890; from 1891 to
1894 he held a similar position with the Milwaukee, Lake
Shore and Western Ry., and in 1896 to 1903 followed the
vocation of bookkeeper. In the spring of 1904 he received
the nomination for justice of the peace of the 9th
district, being defeated by the Social Democratic
candidate by 425 votes. In 1904 he was elected to the
assembly, receiving 1,411 votes against 627 for Wm. H.
Biesel (Dem.) and 1,209 for Jacob Hunger (Soc. Dem.). He
has been a life-long republican, and has always been
recognized as a staunch supporter of Republican
principles.

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

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