Biographical Sketches:  WILLIAM RUFUS TURNER


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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.

Columbia County. (p. 1144) Second District. The towns of Columbus,
Courtland, Fountain Prairie, Hampden, Leeds, Lowville, Marcellon,
Otsego, Randolph, Scott, Springdale, and Wyocena, the villages of
Cambria, Pardeeville, and Rio, the west ward of the village of
Randolph, and the city of Columbus. Population, 1900 - 16,004.

WILLIAM RUFUS TURNER (Rep.) of Columbus, Wis., was born in the town of
Fountain Prairie, Columbia county, Wis., March 21, 1855. He received a
common school education, later graduating from the high school of the
city of Columbus; in 1878 entered into the marble and granite business
and has continued in the business since that time as traveling
salesman. From 1892 to 1895 he served the first ward of the city of
Columbus in the common council; was elected member of assembly in
1904, and re-elected in 1906, receiving 1,605 votes against 532 for
Frank Hall (Dem.) and 4 for C. L. Spear (Soc. Dem.).