Biographical Sketches:  FRED R. SOPER


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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.

Fond du Lac County. (p. 1149) Second District. The towns of Alto,
Ashford, Auburn, Byron, Eden, Eldorado, Lamartine, Metomen, Oakfield,
Osceola, Ripon, Rosendale, Springvale and Waupun, the village of
Brandon, the north ward of the city of Waupun, and the city of Ripon.
Population, 1900 - 23,848.

FRED R. SOPER (Rep.), of Ripon, was born February 21, 1855, in the
town of Brooklyn, Greenlake [Green Lake] county, Wisconsin, and
shortly thereafter moved, with his parents to a farm about a mile west
of Ripon; when he became of age he purchased a farm for himself and
devoted his entire time to farming and the raising of fine stock and
horses, up to three years ago, when he moved to Ripon, and became
interested in the agricultural implement business. He was elected to
the assembly in 1906, receiving 1,766 votes against 1,323 votes for
John L. Gudex (Dem.).