Biographical Sketches:  ELMER MORSE


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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. Members of the
Sixtieth Congress. Representatives, p. 1119

Tenth Congressional District. Ashland, Florence, Forest, Iron,
Langlade, Marathon, Oneida, Price, Shawano, Taylor, Vilas and Wood
Counties. Population in 1900 - 190,975.

ELMER A. MORSE (Rep.), of Antigo, Wisconsin, was born in Racine county
in 1870; was educated in the common schools of Racine county;
graduated from Ripon College in 1893, then served four years as
superintendent of Schools of Racine county; entered the law school at
Wisconsin University and was admitted to the bar in 1900. He commenced
practicing law in the city of Antigo in the year 1900 and has been
actively engaged in the practice since that time. He served two terms
as city attorney for the city of Antigo resigning during third term.
He has always resided in Wisconsin. He was elected member of the 60th
congress in 1906, receiving 20,225 votes against 10,669 for D. Conway
(Dem.) and 913 for J. Cox (Soc. Dem.).