Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....MORRIS, THOMAS
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Author: Halford Erickson

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. MEMBERS OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH
CONGRESS. UNITED STATES. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

SENATE. The senate is composed of thirty-three members,
who hold office for four years and receive $500 each for
their services at each regular session. Members of the
senate, session of 1905, representing odd-numbered
districts, were elected in 1902. Their terms will end Jan.
1, 1907. Those representing even-numbered districts were
elected in 1904. Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1909. The
lieutenant-governor is President of the senate, but can
vote only in case of a tie. A temporary president, to act
in the absence of the president, is chosen by the members
of the senate. The senate of 1905 contains 28 republicans,
4 democrats, and one social democrat. Lieutenant-Governor
James O. Davidson, president; James J. McGillivray,
president pro tern.; L. K. Eaton, chief clerk; R. C.
Falconer, sergeant-at-arms.

THIRTY-SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT. La Crosse and
Trempealeau counties. Population, 1900—66,111.

THOMAS MORRIS (Rep.), of La Crosse, was born on a farm
near Bedford, Canada, December 9, 1861. He received his
education in the common schools of Canada and the Bedford
Academy. He is a lawyer, having graduated from the
Wisconsin University Law School in 1889, and is a member
of the law firm of Morris & Hartwell, at La Crosse. He was
elected district attorney of La Crosse county in 1898, and
was re-elected in 1900. He was twice elected chairman of
the Republican Congressional Committee of the Seventh
Congressional District, and resigned the position when he
became a candidate for the senate, at the last election.
At present he is a member of the State Board of Normal
School Regents. Mr. Morris was elected to the state
senate November 8, 1904, by a vote of 8,193 to 4,869 for
Stephen Richmond (Dem.).

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

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