Biographical Sketches:  OLE P. SORENSON


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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.

Dane County. (p. 1145) Second District. The towns of Albion, Bristol,
Burke, Christiana, Cottage Grove, Deerfield, Dunkirk, Medina, Sun
Prairie, Westport, Windsor, and York, the villages of Cambridge,
Deerfield, DeForest, Marshall, Sun Prairie and Waunakee, and the city
of Stoughton. Population, 1900 - 22,510.

OLE P. SORENSON (Rep.), of Marshall, Wisconsin, was born in Denmark,
May 24, 1848, and received a public school education at that place;
came to Wisconsin in 1866 and settled in Jefferson county where he
resided until 1884 when he came to Marshall, Dane county. Has always
been engaged in farming until 1905 when he retired from farm life; has
served six years as chairman of the board of supervisors of the town
of Medina, for three years as treasurer of the Medina high school
board; and at present time is supervisor for the village of Marshall.
Was nominated for member of assembly in 1906 and elected, receiving
2,037 votes against 204 for A. E. Roberts (Dem.).