Biographical Sketches:  JAMES A. McKENZIE 


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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.

Waukesha County. (p. 1174) First District. The towns of Eagle,
Genesee, Mukwonga [Mukwonago], Muskego, New Berlin, Ottawa, Vernon and
Waukesha, the village of Eage, and the city of Waukesha. Population,
1900 - 17,364.

JAMES A. McKENZIE (Rep.), of Vernon, was born January 27, 1862, in the
town of Vernon, Waukesha county; was educated in the common schools of
his native town and at Carroll College, Waukesha. For two years (1884
and 1885) clerked in a general store at Boardman, Wis. Since then he
has been engaged in the general merchandise business at Vernon. He was
elected town clerk three years in succession and was assistant
postmaster for fourteen years. He was elected to the assembly in 1904,
and re-elected in 1906, receiving 1,717 votes against 1,667 for John
M. McGovern (Dem.) and 62 votes for Chris. Beckold (Soc. Dem.).