Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....BROWNE, EDWARD E.
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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-arm


TWENTY-FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Portage and Waupaca
counties. Population, 1900- 61,098.

EDWARD E. BROWNE (Rep.) was born at Waupaca, Waupaca
county, Wisconsin, February 16, 1868. He attended the
public schools of the city of Waupaca and after finishing
the high school of Waupaca was graduated from the state
university in 1890 and from the university law school in
1898, since which time he has been engaged in the practice
of law in the city of Waupaca. He was elected district
attorney of Waupaca county in 1898, which office he held 6
years. He was appointed regent of the state university in
June, 1901, and was nominated and elected state senator in
1906, receiving 4,397 votes. There was no opposition to
his nomination or election, Mr. Browne having been
nominated on the Republican ticket and endorsed by the
Democratic, Prohibition and Social Democratic parties.

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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