Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....BODENSTAB, HENRY H.
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Author: Beck, J. D.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

SENATE.

The senate is composed of thirty-three members, who hold
office for four years and receive $500 each for their
services at each regular session. Members of the senate,
session of 1907, representing odd-numbered districts, were
elected in 1906. Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1911. Those
representing even-numbered districts were elected in 1908.
Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1913. The lieutenant-governor
is president of the senate, but can vote only in case of a
tie. A temporary president, to act in the absence of the
president, is chosen by the members of the senate. The
senate of 1909 contains 38 republicans, 4 democrats, and
one social democrat. Lieutenant-Governor John Strange,
president; Jas. H. Stout, president pro tem; F. E.
Andrews, chief clerk; R. C. Falconer, sergeant-at-arms.

FOURTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.

The 1st, 13th, 18th and 21st wards of the city of
Milwaukee, the towns of Granville and Milwaukee, and the
villages of North Milwaukee, East Milwaukee and Whitefish
Bay. Population, 1900—61,035.

HENRY H. BODENSTAB (Rep.) was born at Howards Grove,
Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, on the 29th day of June,
1874. When about twelve years of age, his parents moved to
the city of Milwaukee, where he has resided ever since. He
was admitted to the bar in 1896. He then entered the law
department at the University of Michigan and received the
degree of LL. B. in 1898. He began the practice of law in
the city of Milwaukee in the summer of 1898, and in 1903
went into partnership with Albert Froede under the firm
name of Froede & Bodenstab, which partnership still
exists. In the spring of 1908 he was elected as a
Republican delegate to the Milwaukee Charter Convention.
He was elected to the state senate in 1908, receiving
5,591 votes against 4,780 votes for M. H. Moore (Dem.),
and 3,125 votes for Charles Votova (Soc. Dem.).

Additional Comments:
Beck, J. D. . The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin.
Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909.

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