Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....CHAPPLE, JOHN C. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Vickery tsvickery@gmail.com December 5, 2007, 2:40 pm Author: Beck, J. D. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE. ASSEMBLY. L. H. BANCROFT, Speaker; O. E. SHAFFER, Chief Clerk; W. S. IRVINE, Sergeant-at-Arms. The assembly consists of 100 members. They are chosen biennally and receive $500 for their services during the term. The speaker is chosen by the members and receives an additional $500 for his services as speaker. The assembly of 1909 contains 76 republicans, 19 democrats, and 5 social democrats. ASHLAND COUNTY. One District. Population, 1900—80,178. JOHN C. CHAPPLE (Rep.) was born May 27, 1875, at La Porte City, Black Hawk county, Iowa. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, also attending Cornell College of Mt. Vernon, Ia, and the North Wisconsin Academy (now Northland College), of Ashland, Wisconsin. He entered a printing office in his native town and learned the printers trade, afterwards going into the publishing business. He published the Saturday Evening Press, of Phoenix, Arizona, the La Porte City Press, of La Porte City, Iowa, and is at the present time publisher of the Ashland Daily Press, of Ashland, Wisconsin. Came to Wisconsin in 1888 working first at Bayfield, on the Bayfield County Press after which he settled in Ashland as manager of the Ashland Daily Press. Is vice president of the Chapple Publishing Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, publishers of the National Magazine. In politics has always been an ardent Republican. Was elected and served the second ward of the city of Ashland on the city council and county board for four years, being chairman of the county board during his last term as a member of that body. Is at the present time, and has been for four years, chairman of the Ashland County Republican Central committee. He was elected to the assembly in 1908, receiving 2,118 votes against 1,696 votes for F. J. Colignon (Dem.). Additional Comments: Beck, J. D. . The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin. Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., State Printer, 1909. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1909/bios/chapple919gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb