Biographical Sketches: HENRY E. ROETHE ********************************************************************* 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. Grant County. (pp. 1150-1151) Second District. The towns of Bloomington, Boscobel, Castle Rock, Fennimore, Hickory Grove, Liberty, Little Grant, Marion, Millville, Mt.Hope, Mt. Ida, Muscoda, North Lancaster, Patch Grove, South Lancaster, Watterstown, Wingville, Woodman and Wyaslung, the villages of Bloomington, Fennimore, Montfort and Muscoda, the cities of Boscobel and Lancaster. Population, 1900 - 19,187. HENRY E. ROETHE (Rep.), of Fennimore, Grant county, editor of the Fennimore Times, having the largest circulation (3,500) of the country papers of the state, and known as the "legomobile" editor, from the fact that he has been all over his large county afoot and thus personally acquainted with nearly all of his constituents, is 41 years old and a native of Whitewater, Wis. He received a common school and Normal education; came to Fennimore in 1885; was bookkeeper and cashier seven years and then engaged in the newspaper business. Has served as village clerk, town clerk seven consecutive years, and village president. Was a delegate to numerous state and other political conventions. In 1900 was a member of the electoral college of the United States that elected McKinley and Roosevelt, and was chosen by his state colleagues as official messenger to carry the electoral vote of Wisconsin to Washington. In 1906 he was nominated at the republican primaries for the assembly and was elected, receiving, 2,089 votes against 1,000 votes for Herbert E. Austin (Dem.) and 194 votes for Charles W. Stone (Pro.). Mr. Roethe made his initial trip to Madison to attend the session of the legislature afoot, making the distance of 77 miles in two days.