Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....MUNSON, OLIVER G.
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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.


TWENTY-EIGHTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Richland and Vernon
counties. Population, 1900—47,834.

OLIVER G. MUNSON (Rep.), of Viroqua, was born March 2,
1856, in Howard county, Ia.; was educated In the common
and high schools of Iowa and Minnesota; came to Wisconsin
in 1876; resided in Richland Center ten years and in
Viroqua nineteen years; is an editor and publisher, Having
published the Richland Republican ten years and the Vernon
County Censor nineteen years; has been city clerk of
Richland Center, supervisor from city of Viroqua,
bookkeeper in the state senate several terms and assistant
chief clerk of the assembly two terms. He was elected to
the senate in 1896, reelected in 1900 and 1904, receiving
6,654 votes, against 2,939 votes for Capt. H. Conner
(Dem.).

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

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