Biographical Sketches:  L. H. BANCROFT


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The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin Compiled and Published under
the direction of J. D. Beck, Commissioner of Labor and Industrial
Statistics 1907.

The Wisconsin Blue Book. VII. Biographical Sketches. The Wisconsin
Legislature. Assembly, p. 1139

HERMAN L. KERN, Speaker; C. E. SHAFFER, Chief Clerk; W. S. IRVINE,
Sergeant-at-Arms.

The assembly consists of 100 members. They are chosen biennially and
receive $500 for their services during their term. The speaker is
chosen by the members and receives an additional $500 for his services
as speaker. The assembly of 1907 contains 76 republicans, 19
democrats, and 5 social democrats.

Richland County. (p. 1168) One District. Population, 1900 - 19,483.

L. H. BANCROFT (Rep.) was born December 26th, 1860, Sauk county, Wis.
Educated in common schools. Graduate of Lone Rock high school, and of
U. W. law department class of 1884. Elected as district attorney
Richland county 1886; city attorney for Richland Center six years;
county judge of Richland county 1897 to 1902; assistant attorney
general 1902-1904; member of assembly for Richland county 1906;
alternate to national republican convention at St. Louis 1896;
delegate to republican national convention at Philadelphia 1900;
delegate to republican state conventions of 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898,
1900, 1902, 1904; has practiced law at Richland Center, Wis. since
1885. He was elected to the assembly in 1906, receiving 1,741 votes
against 1,259 for J. W. Brown (Dem.) and 288 votes for Abraham Lincoln
(Pro.) and 29 votes for Vincent Stanck (Soc. Dem.).