Biographical Sketches:  PLINY NORCROSS


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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.

Rock County. (p. 1169) Second District. [The towns of] Bradford,
Harmony, Johnston [Johnstown], La Prairie and the city of Janesville.
Population, 1900 - 17,091.

PLINY NORCROSS (Rep.) of Janesville, was born in Templeton, Worchester
county, Massachusetts, November 16, 1838; received a common school and
academic education; is by profession a lawyer; came to Wisconsin in
1852 and settled in La Grange, Walworth county, whence he removed in
1865 to Janesville, where he now resides; enlisted April 16, 1861, in
the 1st Wisconsin Vol. Inv.--a three months' regiment,--and afterwards
was captain of Co. K, 13th Wis. Vol. Inf., participating in all the
engagements of the regiment; has been district attorney of Rock county
four years, city attorney two years and mayor of Janesville two years.
Mr. Norcross has not practiced law since 1883, but has been engaged in
various kinds of manufacturing business. In June, 1904, he was elected
department commander of the state of Wisconsin G.A.R. He is at present
a member of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin. He
was elected to the assembly in 1865 and again in 1884; was re-elected
to the assembly in 1904 and 1906, receiving 1,069 votes against 57 for
John R. Horn (Soc. Dem.).