Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....SANBORN, ALBERT W.
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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.

TWELFTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Ashland, Bayfield,
Price, Sawyer, Taylor and Washburn counties.
Population, 1900—64,050.

ALBERT W. SANBORN (Rep.), was born in Swanton, Vermont,
January 17, 1853; removed to Guernsey county, Ohio, when a
small boy with his parents and lived there on a farm until
1876. Was educated at Muskingum College at New Concord,
Ohio. Studied law with Barnes & Anderson at Cambridge,
Ohio, and was there admitted to the bar, April 10 ,1876;
came to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in April, 1876, and studied
law in Pinch & Barber's office for about two months.
Located at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, in June, 1876, where
he practiced law, first as a member of the firm of Jones &
Sanborn, and then as a member of the firm of Cate, Jones'
& Sanborn, and afterwards as a member of the firm of Cate,
Sanborn, Lamoreux & Park. Was district attorney of Portage
county for one term and a member of the assembly from
Portage county in 1883. Was a delegate from the Ninth
Congressional District to the National Convention in 1888;
moved to Ashland, Wisconsin, in 1893, where he has
continued in the practice of his profession; is now a
member of the firm of Sanborn, Lamoreux & Pray. He was
elected to the senate in 1904, receiving 11,129 votes
against 3,595 for G. Schwindt (Dem.).

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

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