Biographical Sketches:  CARL D. THOMPSON


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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.

Milwaukee County. (p. 1163) Twelfth District. The Nineteenth and
Twenty-second wards of the city of Milwaukee. Population, 1900 -
20,231.

CARL D. THOMPSON (Soc. Dem.) was born in the village of Berlin, Mich.,
March 24, 1870; graduated from Gates College, Nebraska, 1895, Chicago
Theological Seminary 1898, received Master's degree from Chicago
University, 1900. Served in the Congregational ministry from 1891 to
1901. Was pastor of congregational church in Sharon, Wis. for three
years. For the last three years has served as state organizer and
lecturer for the social-democratic party of Wisconsin, and is a member
of the national committee. Was elected to the assembly in 1906,
receiving 1,648 votes against 1,545 votes for Aug. Dietrich (Rep.) and
1,010 votes for Adam Muth (Dem.).