Biographical Sketches:  V. S. KEPPEL


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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.

La Crosse County. (p. 1155) Second District. The towns of Bangor,
Barre, Burns, Farmington, Greenfield, Hamilton, Holland, Onalaska,
Shelby and Washington, the villages of Bangor and West Salem, the 3d,
8th, 17th, 18th and 21st wards of the city of La Crosse, and the city
of Onalaska. Population, 1900 - 21,157.

V. S. KEPPEL (Rep.) is a farmer of the town of Onalaska and widely
known through his long service on the county board. He was born in
Mormon Coulee in 1865, but his parents moved to the town of Onalaska a
year or two later and he has lived there ever since. He was educated
in the public schools and has since early manhood taken an active
interest in public affairs. His fellow townsmen have shown their
confidence in him by electing him to various offices in all of which
he has shown himself capable. For six years he has been secretary and
manager of the Holmen Creamery. His legislative experience on the
county board has given him special fitness for legislative work. He
was elected member of assembly in 1906, receiving 1,598 votes against
1,399 votes for E. Jones (Dem.) and 416 votes for John A. Berg (Pro.).