Biographical Sketches:  AUGUST F. MARQUARDT


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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.

Marathon County. (p. 1158) Second District. The towns of Easton,
Eldron, Harrison, Hewitt, Knowlton, Kronenwetter, Norrie, Pike Lake,
Plover, Texas, Wausau and Weston, and the city of Wausau. Population,
1900 - 21,697.

AUGUST F. MARQUARDT (Rep.) was born at Bandekow, Pommern, Germany,
January 8th, 1850, and came to the city of Wausau July 1st, 1866, when
a boy of 17. He was for many years engaged in logging, lumbering,
mercantile operations and farming and now owns a beautiful farm partly
within the city limits. He is at present director of the Citizens
State Bank of Wausau. He has held many official positions in the city
and county. He represented his ward on the common council of the city
of Wausau for eighteen years; was president of the council 1900-1901;
was member of the county board for sixteen years; was president of the
Marathon County Agricultural Society for two years; was vice-president
of the State Agricultural Society in 1899; was elected by the common
council as member of the board of water commissioners May 1st, 1905
for a term of three years; on Nov. 7th, 1906 he was appointed by the
mayor of the city as a member of the park board for a term of five
years; was elected sheriff of Marathon county in the fall of 1900 and
served for two years; was elected member of the assembly in 1904, and
re-elected in 1906, receiving 2,079 votes against 1,944 for Otto
Muenchow (Dem.).