Biographical Sketches:  M. L. CAMPBELL


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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.

Winnebago County. (p. 1176) Second District. The towns of Clayton,
Menasha, Neenah, Vinland, Winchester, Winneconne and Wolf River, the
village of Winneconne, and the cities of Menasha and Neenah.
Population, 1900 - 18,670.

M. L. CAMPBELL (Dem.) was born in Omro, March 26, 1864. He received a
liberal education in the Omro high school. In 1883 he attended the
state university at Madison, and afterwards taught school two years,
one year as principal of the Seymour high school. In 1886 he went to
Valparasio, Ind., where he spent one year in business college and one
year in college. In 1888 he was admitted to the bar and practiced law
in Outagamie county for one year, coming to Neenah in 1889. In 1892
the citizens of the first ward in Neenah determined that he was the
right man to represent them on the county board, and though a democrat
in a strong republican ward, he was elected supervisor, and was re-
elected in 1893. He has served as city attorney for Neenah for six
terms. In 1901 he was elected mayor by a flattering majority over one
of Neenah's most popular business men. In 1897, upon the organization
of the Equitable Fraternal Union, an insurance society, Mr. Campbell
was elected secretary, a position he has held to the present time. He
was elected to the assembly in 1906, receiving 1,404 votes against
1,201 votes for Geo. E. Scott (Rep.) and 63 votes for W. A. Mason
(Pro.).