Biographical Sketches:  FRANK J. KIMBALL


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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.

Adams and Marquette Counties. (p. 1139) One District. Population, 1900
- 19,650.

FRANK J. KIMBALL (Rep.) was born in Washington county, New York, Nov.
25th, 1846, came to Wisconsin in 1854 where he received a common
school education, lived on a farm in Columbia county until 1872, then
moved to Briggsville, Marquette county, his present home. After
leaving the farm, clerked in a general store for one year and then
went into the sewing machine business. He was local agent for three
years and general agent for six years; went in to general
merchandising in 1885 which occupation he still follows; held the
office of town clerk for five years, school district clerk for twenty
and notary public for fifteen years; was elected member of the
assembly in 1902 and was re-elected in 1906, receiving 2,086 votes
against 93 for E. Reynolds (Pro.).