Biographical Sketches:  CHRISTIAN C. WELLENSGARD


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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.

Green Lake County. (p. 1151-1152) One District. Population, 1900 -
15,797.

CHRISTIAN C. WELLENSGARD (Rep.) was born in the Kingdom of Denmark,
July 29th, 1849; came to this country in September, 1871 and settled
at Berlin, Green Lake county, Wis., engaging in the pursuit of farming
for a number of years; engaged in the business of selling farm
machinery, and organized the Berlin Pickle & Canning Co., of which he
is now sole owner; he is a director of the First National Bank of
Berlin, and the Berlin Brewing Co., besides operating in farm
pursuits; for sixteen years he was a member of the school board of
Berlin and for six years a member of the common council of that city;
was elected to the assembly in 1906, receiving 1,674 votes against
1,370 for Ephraim Dixon (Dem.) and 64 for Wm. F. Robinson (Pro.).