Biographical Sketches:  RAY J. NYE


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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.

Douglas County. (p. 1147) Second District. The towns of Amnicon,
Brule, Gordon, Hawthorne, Highland, Maple, Nebagamon, Solon Springs,
South Range, Summit and Superior, the village of Nebagamon, and the
1st, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th wards of the city of Superior. Population
in 1900, 18,295.

RAY J. NYE (Rep.) was born in Davenport, Ia., March 21, 1871. Attended
the public schools at Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Located in Superior
in 1892 and is member of the insurance firm of Jerrard, Lenroot & Nye.
Was elected to the county board representing the first ward of the
city of Superior in 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906--the last three terms of
which he was chairman of the board. Was elected to the assembly in
1906, receiving 1,369 votes against 194 votes for Frank H. Clark (Soc.
Dem.) and 94 votes for B. Swanland (Pro.).