Biographical Sketches:  FRED J. CARPENTER


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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.

Portage County. (p. 1167) One District. Population, 1900 - 29,483.

FRED J. CARPENTER (Rep.), of Stevens Point, was born in Plover,
Portage county, Wisconsin, September 20th, 1871. Attended the common
and high schools and graduated from the law department of the
University of Wisconsin in the class of 1895. Since his graduation he
has been engaged in the practice of law at Stevens Point. Was city
attorney for three terms, and was member of the board of education for
three years. During the Spanish-American war he served as first
lieutenant of Co. I, 4th Reg., Wis. Vol. Inf. Was elected member of
the assembly in 1902, and 1904, and re-elected in 1906, receiving
2,325 votes against 1,615 votes for John Een (Dem.).