Biographical Sketches:  HERMAN L. EKERN


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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.

Trempealeau County. (p. 1172) One District. Population, 1900 - 23,114.

HERMAN L. EKERN (Rep.) was born in the town of Pigeon, Trempealeau
county, Wis., Dec. 27, 1872. He was educated in the common schools at
Pigeon and Whitehall and graduated from the college of law at the
University of Wisconsin in the class of 1894, and since his graduation
has been practicing law at Whitehall, Wis., in co-partnership with H.
A. Anderson under the firm name of Anderson & Ekern. In 1894 he was
nominated and elected to the office of district attorney for
Trempealeau county on the republican ticket, and held the office for
two terms. He served in the assembly in1902, and was re-elected in
1904, and again in 1906, receiving 1,813 votes against 532 votes for
Peter Nelton (Dem.). He was elected speaker of the assembly at the
session of 1907.