Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....FISHER, GRANT U.
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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.

ROCK   COUNTY.

Second District. Bradford, Harmony, Johnston, La Prairie
and the city of Janesville. Population, 1900— 17,091.

GRANT U. FISHER (Rep.), of Janesville, was born in the
town of Center, Rock county, Wisconsin, August 25th, 1865.
He received his education in the district schools, the
Evansville Seminary and Silsby Business College, all of
Rock county. He was engaged in farming and the breeding of
pure bred livestock until 1903. Since that time he has
been engaged in manufacturing and the shipping of sand and
gravel. He has served as assessor and town clerk,
president of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of the
town of Center, member of the state board of agriculture
and member of Wisconsin livestock sanitary board. He was
elected to the assembly in 1908, receiving 1,853 votes
against 1,211 for J. E. Hutchinson (Dem.), and 91 for J.
R. Horn (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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