Biographical Sketches:  A. R. EMERSON


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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. Senate, p. 1125.

The senate is composed of thirty-three members, who hold office for
four years and receive $500 each for their services at each regular
session. Members of the senate, session of 1907, representing odd-
numbered districts, were elected in 1906. Their terms will end Jan. 1,
1911. Those representing even-numbered districts were elected in 1904.
Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1909. The lieutenant-governor is
president of the senate, but can vote only in case of a tie. A
temporary president, to act in the absence of the president, is chosen
by the members of the senate. The senate of 1907 consists of 27
republicans, 5 democrats, and one social democrat. Lieutenant-Governor
W. D. Connor, president; Jas. H. Stout, president pro tem; A. R.
Emerson, chief clerk; R. C. Falconer, sergeant-at-arms.

Officers of the Senate, p. 1138. Chief Clerk.

A. R. EMERSON was born in the village of Etna, Lafayette county,
Wisconsin, July 21st, 1866, and has been a continuous resident of the
state, except for a few years spent in Minneapolis and the west. He
received his early education in the common schools and at the
Platteville Normal, later attending the University summer school and
the Minneapolis Business College. He taught school for several years,
was town clerk of his town for two years, county clerk of Lafayette
county from 1901 to 1905, and journal clerk of the state senate at the
regular and special sessions of 1905. Since that time he has been
cashier of the Belmont State Bank of Belmont, Wis. He was elected
chief clerk of the senate in the session of 1907.