Biographical Sketches:  JOHN SCOTT


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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.

Columbia County. (p. 1144) First District. The towns of Arlington,
Caledonia, Dekorra, Port Washington, Lewiston, Lodi, New Port, Pacific
and West Point, the villages of Kilbourn City, Lodi and Poynette, and
the city of Portage. Population, 1900 - 15,117.

JOHN SCOTT (Rep.), of Dekorra, was born in Milwaukee June 1861; moved
with his parents to Columbia county where he received his education in
the common schools; has represented his town on the county board for
eleven years serving two years of that time as chairman of that body;
is a farmer and stock raiser; was elected to the assembly in 1904 and
re-elected in 1906, receiving 1,289 votes against 1,102 for T. McMahon
(Dem.) and 58 for H. Dunham (Soc. Dem.).