Biographical Sketches: CHARLES F. STOUT ********************************************************************* 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. Price and Taylor Counties. (p. 1167) One District. Population, 1900 - 20,368. CHARLES F. STOUT (Rep.), of Westboro, was born in Kent county, Michigan, April 15, 1866. He was educated in the common schools of Cedar Springs, Michigan; studied law in an office at Evart, Michigan; was admitted to the bar July 1887, and afterward, for a time, attended the Ferris Institute of Big Rapids, Michigan. Born, and growing up, amidst the lumbering industries, he became conversant with, and attached to, that line of business. He came to Westboro in 1899 as sales manager for the lumber company at that place. In 1904 he organized the C. F. Stout Lumber Company, of Westboro. From an early age he took an active interest in politics, affiliating with the republican party. He was elected to the assembly in 1906, receiving 2,362 votes to 1,765 votes for C. A. Rosander (Dem.).