Biographical Sketches:  FREDERICK BROCKHAUSEN


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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.

Milwaukee County. (p. 1162) Eleventh District. The 11th ward of the
city of Milwaukee. Population, 1900 - 21,903.

FREDERICK BROCKHAUSEN (Soc. Dem.) was born in the city of Fredericia,
Denmark, May 20, 1858; received a public school education; learned the
trade of cigar making; came to the United States in 1879; lived twelve
years in Wisconsin; has also lived in New York, Iowa, Montana and
Minnesota. For the past five years has served the Wisconsin State
Federation of Labor as its secretary-treasurer. He was elected to the
assembly in 1904, and re-elected in 1906, receiving 1,434 votes
against 972 votes for James C. Bartholf (Rep.) and 674 votes for Bruno
B. Choinski (Dem.).