Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....HAIGHT, ELMER E. ************************************************ 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 9, 2007, 9:27 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. COLUMBIA COUNTY. Second District. The towns of Columbus, Courtland, Fountain Prairie, Hampden, Leeds, Lowville, Marcellon, Otsego, Randolph, Scott, Springdale and Wyocena, the villages of Cambria, Pardeeville and Rio, Doylestown, the west ward of the village of Randolph, and the city of Columbus. Population, 1900-16,004. ELMER E. HAIGHT (Rep.) was born in the town of Empire, Fond du Lac county, April 1st, 1861. When he was four years of age his parents moved to Fond du Lac and when he was sixteen they moved to Lowville, Columbia county, where he has since resided, with the exception of two years, spent in the town of Leeds, and four years, in the village of Poynette, both in Columbia county. He has been engaged in farming with the exception of the time he resided in Poynette, where he conducted a hardware business and cold storage warehouse. He was elected to the assembly in 1908, receiving 2,016 votes against 1,181 for Eugene Brassand (Dem.), and 65 for J. C. Cuff (Soc. 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/haight932gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb