Biographical Sketches:  SIMON 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.

Rock County. (p. 1170) Third District. The towns of Avon, Beloit,
Clinton, Newark, Plymouth and Turtle, the village of Clinton, and the
city of Beloit. Population, 1900 - 17,210.

SIMON SMITH (Rep.) Beloit, Wis., was born in Axbridge, Eng., Nov. 13,
1839; came to this country with his parents when a boy; received a
common school education; settled in Beloit in 1856. At the breaking
out of the civil war he enlisted in Co. D, 15th Ill. Inf.; after the
war he returned to Beloit and engaged in the painting business; is now
retired. Has been a member of county board twenty years; was for two
years chairman of the board. Was mayor of the city of Beloit from
April, 1899, to April, 1904, has always been a republican in politics.
He was elected to the assembly in 1906, receiving 1,268 votes against
667 for F. Lathers (Dem.).