Biographical Sketches:  THOS. REYNOLDS


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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.

Door County. (pp. 1146-1147) One District. Population, 1900 - 17,583.

THOS. REYNOLDS (Rep.) was born in Ireland on the 17th of March 1840;
came to the United States in 1866; ran a farm in the town of Burke,
Dane county one year; came to Door county in the winter of 1866 and
'67; got out cord wood and cedar posts for the Chicago market for
eight years then commenced farming which occupation he has followed
since; has been a member of the county board for eight years; attended
the national schools in Ireland; had to stop going to school early in
his life being obliged to help his father on the little farm in order
to enable him to pay the rent and taxes the privileged class in that
country imposed on him. He was elected to the assembly in 1906,
receiving 1,303 votes against 676 for Charles Plinske (Ind.).