Biographical Sketches: WESLEY IRVINE ********************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ File Contributed by Lori Niemuth, dawnlea@ticon.net ********************************************************************* 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. Waupaca County. (p. 1175) First District. The towns of Caledonia, Dayton, Farmington, Fremont, Lind, Little Wolf, Royalton, St. Lawrence, Scandinavia, Waupaca and Weyauega [Weyauwega], the villages of Weyauega [Weyauwega], Fremont, Manawa and Scandinavia, and the city of Waupaca. Population, 1900 - 16,337. WESLEY IRVINE (Rep.) was born in Canada in December 1866; he completed high school in his native village and later moved to New York, where he attended the Cook Academy for one year; he later entered the medical department of the University of Maryland, from which institution he graduated in 1892; immediately after graduation he removed to Waupaca county, where he has since practiced his profession; was elected member of the assembly in 1906, receiving 1,437 votes against 224 for Wm. McHugh (Dem.) and 123 for Henry A. Larson (Pro.).