Biographical Sketches:  FRED SMITH


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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.

Jefferson County. (p. 1153) First District. The towns of Concord,
Farmington, Hebron, Ixonia, Milford, Palmyra, Sullivan and Watertown,
the village of Palmyra, and the 1st, 2nd, 3d, 4th and 7th wards of the
city of Watertown. Population, 1900 - 17,377.

FRED SMITH (Dem.) was born near Berlin, Germany, January 15th, 1864;
attended the public schools of Prussia from the age of 5 to 14 as is
compulsory in that country; he then went to Berlin as an apprentice in
the drug and fancy grocery trade, and also attended the free night
schools of the city. After serving 3 years without pay as apprentice,
he received the customary papers as to deportment, business ability,
etc., and continued to serve as clerk until May 1st, 1883, when he
came to America, following his parents who had gone the year before.
He settled on the farm on which he still lives, situated in the town
of Ixonia in 1885; he was elected town clerk in 1894 which position he
has ever since held. He was elected member of the assembly in 1906,
receiving 1,498 votes against 1,163 for John Thauer (Rep.).