Biographical Sketches:  JOHN A. HAZELWOOD


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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.

Twenty-third Senatorial District. Jefferson and Walworth counties.
Population, 1900 - 64,048. (p. 1133)

JOHN A. HAZELWOOD (Dem.) was born at Concord, Jefferson county, Wis.,
Oct. 28, 1867. He received his training in the common schools, St.
John's Military Academy, Delafield, Wis., Valparasio Normal School,
and Indiana University and Law School. He was engaged for a period of
ten years in teaching at Ixonia, Oconomowoc and at Indiana Normal
School. In 1898 he was elected county superintendent of schools of
Jefferson county and was re-elected three times. He has been the
president of the S.W.T.A., vice-president W.T.A., president of the
County Superintendents' Association and state commander of the S.O.V.
He has served as city attorney of Jefferson for several years. He is
now practicing law at Jefferson, Wisconsin. In 1906 he was elected to
the state senate, receiving 5,345 votes against 4,273 votes for Zadoc
B. Beach (Rep.) and 87 votes for A. L. Morrison (Soc. Dem.).