Biographical Sketches:  WALLACE S. HAGER


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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.

Brown County. (p. 1140) Second District. The towns of Allouez,
Bellevue, Depere, Eaton, Glenmore, Green Bay, Holland, Humboldt,
Lawrence, Morrison, New Denmark, Preble, Rockland, Scott and
Wrightstown, the village of Wrightstown, the city of De Pere, and that
part of Oneida reservation within the county of Brown. Population,
1900 - 22,987.

WALLACE S. HAGER (Rep.) was born in the town of Freedom, Outamie
county, in 1891. Received his education in the country school and
Appleton high school. Taught school in Outagamie, Brown and Shawano
counties. Was married in 1882. Moved to Shawano county in 1884, where
he cleared a farm. Was member of county board, school clerk and town
clerk for five years. Sold his farm and moved to Maple Valley, Oconto
county, where he lived from 1894 to 1902, being engaged in logging,
farming and fruit raising. Was member of school board four years. Came
to De Pere in 1902 where he has since conducted a fruit garden. Has
served on the city council three years, all of which time he has been
a member of the committee on streets and sewers. Has been two years
member of the library board. Has always been an active and progressive
republican in politics. Was president of the republican club in 1904,
also a member of the county committee. Was nominated at the primary
without opposition and elected member of the assembly in1906,
receiving 1,201 votes against 1,102 votes for Edw. Mulloy (Dem.).