Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....FENELON, JAMES
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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.

FOND DU LAC COUNTY.

Second District. The towns of Alto, Ashford, Auburn,
Byron, Eden, Eldorado, Lamartlne, Metomen, Oak-field,
Osceola, Ripon, Rosendale, Springvale and Waupun, the
village of Brandon, the north ward of the city of Waupun,
and the city of Ripon. Population, 1900—23,848.

JAMES FENELON (Rep.) was born in Carlow county, Ireland,
May 25, 1846, coming to the United States and settling in
Wisconsin in 1850. He was educated in the public schools,
St. Gall's academy, Milwaukee, and at St. Mary's seminary,
Chicago. He has held various offices in the towns of
Metomen and Ripon, Fond du Lac county, having been in
office almost constantly for the past twenty-five years.
In 1884 he refused the Democratic nomination for state
senator and in 1900 was elected to the assembly as a
Republican. He was reelected in 1908, receiving 3,127
votes against 1,707 votes for John L. Gudex (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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