Biographical Sketches: THOMAS H. MILLER ********************************************************************* 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. La Crosse County. (pp. 1154-1155) First District. The town of Campbell and the 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 19th and 20th wards of the city of La Crosse. Population, 1900 - 21,840. THOMAS H. MILLER was born in Red Wing, Minn., March 14th, 1868. Received his education in the common and high schools and Hamline University. He began the study of medicine in 1885 with Dr. John H. Murphy of St. Paul, Minn. and graduated from Rush Medical College in 1800. After two years of hospital work he located at Maiden Rock, Pierce county, Wis., practicing there until the spring of 1905 when he removed to La Crosse. He is a member of the American Medical Association, State Medical Society of Wis., La Crosse Co. Medical Society and has served in official capacity in several other medical organizations. Although taking an active interest in political matters since coming into the state he has never held public office until elected to the assembly in 1906, when he received 1,966 votes against 1,670 votes for Oloff R. Skarr (Dem.) and 72 votes for Henry Goodsell (Pro.).