Biographical Sketches:  W. H. FALVEY


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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.

Marinette County. (pp. 1158-1159) Second District. [The] towns of
Amberg, Athelstane, Beaver, Crivitz, Coleman, Dunbar, Grover, Lake,
Porterfield, Peshtigo, Pound, Stephenson, Wausaukee; the village of
Coleman; the city of Peshtigo. Population, 1900 - 14,672.

W. H. FALVEY (Rep.) was born in the town of Franklin Manitowoc county,
of Irish parents; received a common and high school education; taught
school eight years; worked in the office of the Butler-Mueller Lumber
Co. for three years, and for the Peshtigo Lumber Co. five years; was
deputy sheriff of Marinette county for seven years; at present is
chairman of the town of Stephenson, Marinette county having held the
office for five successive years; is also secretary of township board
of school directors having held the same for eight years, and is
chairman of county road and bridge committee of Marinette county. He
was elected to the assembly in 1906, receiving 1,377 votes against 368
for J. W. Monroe (Dem.).