Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....SLIGHT, JAMES P.
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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.

MARINETTE COUNTY.

Second District. The towns of Amberg, Crivitz, Coleman,
Dunbar, Grover, Porterfield, Peshtigo and Wausaukee.
Population, 1900—14,627.

JAMES P. SLIGHT (Rep.), was born on a farm In Dodge
county, Wis., Jan. 6, 1859. He attended the rural school
and at the age of 18 began, teaching in the district
schools of his county, and in 1882 entered the Normal
School at Oshkosh, completing the full course in 1887.
After a year of teaching in Michigan he took charge oŁ the
high school at Peshtigo as principal, which position he
held till 1894, resigning to engage in the real estate and
insurance business. When Peshtigo was incorporated as a
city he was appointed its first city clerk. He was elected
to the assembly in 1904, receiving 2,064 votes against 67
votes for R. L. Thomas (Pro.)

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

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