Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....ESTABROOK, CHARLES E.
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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.

MILWAUKEE COUNTY.

Thirteenth District. The 13th ward of the city of
Milwaukee. Population, 1900—17,026.

CHARLES E. ESTABROOK (Rep.), of Milwaukee, was born near
Platteville, Grant county, Wisconsin, October 31, 1847;
educated at Platteville Academy and Normal School;
enlisted in August 1864, in Company B, forty-third
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry served with the regiment
until discharged at the close of the war July 1865; moved
from Platteville to Manitowoc in 1871, and for a year
taught school, having charge of the First Ward public
school; subsequently studied law end engaged in the
practice of his profession at Manitowoc until 1887; was
city attorney of Manitowoc from April, 1877 until December
1878; resigned on being elected a member of the Assembly;
served as member of the Assembly in 1881, 1883 and 1885
from Manitowoc county; was delegate to the National
Republican Convention in Chicago in June 1884; elected
Attorney General in 1886 and re-elected in 1888. Moved to
Milwaukee in 1893, where he has since resided; elected to
the Assembly of 1907, from the city of Milwaukee, and re-
elected in 1908, receiving 1,880 votes against 1,268 for
C. F. Wall (Dem.), and 1,089 for C. O. Vogel (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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