Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....STURDEVANT, LAFAYETTE M.
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Author: Halford Erickson

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

ATTORNEY GENERAL.

LAFAYETTE M. STURDEVANT (Rep.), of Neillsville, was born
Sept. 17, 1850, in Chandler's Valley, Pa. He came to
Wisconsin in 1865 and settled In the town of Pine Valley,
Clark county. He grew to manhood upon the farm and was
educated in the schools of his county. By strict
application to his studies he was able to secure a
certificate to teach, and from 1872 fo 1878 taught school
and studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1878. He
held the office of district attorney of his county four
years, 1884, 1885, 1890, and 1891, and was chairman of the
Clark county republican committee from 1894 to 1898. He
was elected to the assembly from Clark county in 1898, and
re-elected in 1900; was elected attorney general in 1902,
and re-elected in 1904, receiving 248,253 votes against
149,960 for Win. F. Wolfe (Dem.), 11,035 for David G.
Classon (Nat. Rep.), and 9,080 for W. Mayhew Mott (Pro.).

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

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