Biographical Sketches:  ELMORE T. ELVER


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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.

Dane County. (p. 1145) First District. The towns of Blooming Grove,
Dunn, Madison and Pleasant Springs, and the city of Madison.
Population, 1900 - 24,458.

ELMORE T. ELVER (Dem.) was born March 4th, 1877, in the town of
Vermont, Dane county; came to Madison in 1889; was educated in the
high school of his home city and graduated from the University in
1898, and from the college of law in 1901; he never held a public
office until he was elected member of the assembly in 1906, receiving
2,062 votes against 1,885 votes for Alfred Kroucke (Rep.) and 1,570
votes for Wm. J. McKay (Ind.).