Biographical Sketches: EDWARD J. KEYES ********************************************************************* 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. Sheboygan County. (pp. 1171-1172) Second District. The towns of Greenbush, Herman, Holland, Lima, Lyndon, Mitchell, Mosel, Plymouth, Rhine, Russell, Scott, Sheboygan Falls, Sherman and Wilson, the villages of Cedar Grove, Elkhart Lake and Sheboygan Falls, and the city of Plymouth. Population, 1900 - 25,202. EDWARD J. KEYES (Rep.) was born Jan. 29, 1859, in the town of Lyndon, Sheboygan county, Wis.; received a common school education. Has resided in the town of Lyndon except four years, from 1880 to 1884, when he was a resident of Dekalb, Ill., where he worked on a farm for two years and later worked for the I. L. Elwood Barb Wire Fence Mfg. Co. Owned and operated a cheese factory for thirteen years; is a farmer by occupation. Has held various local offices. Was nominated by the republicans of the 2nd assembly district of Sheboygan county, without opposition and was elected, receiving 2,506 votes against 1,601 cast for Otto C. Luecke (Dem.) and 144 votes for Frank Sanders (Soc. Dem.).