Biographical Sketches:  C. E. SHAFFER


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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.

Officers of the Assembly Chief Clerk. (p. 1178)

C. E. SHAFFER (Rep.) is a native of Dane county and was born and
raised on a farm where, with the exception of the time spent at
school, he worked until the age of twenty-one. He was educated in the
common schools, private academy and a business college. He taught in
the district and graded schools and in 1900-01 was instructor in
mathematics and bookkeeping in the Madison Business College. Upon the
recommendation of Gen. Geo. E. Bryant, who was then a member of the
assembly, he was appointed assistant index clerk of the assembly for
the session of 1899. He served as assistant bookkeeper during the
sessions of 1901 and 1903 and in the next legislature was advanced to
the position of head bookkeeper. In 1906 he was elected secretary of
the republican county committee, which office he still holds. He was
elected chief clerk of the assembly January 9, 1907. He is a resident
of the city of Madison and since 1901 has been engaged in the real
estate and insurance business.