Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....KALAHER, M. W. ************************************************ 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 11, 2007, 9:24 am 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. Fifth District. The 5th and 18th wards of the city of Milwaukee. Population, 1900—23,247. M. W. KALAHER was born on a farm in Walworth county on the 22nd of June 1870 and received his early education in the district schools. He entered the Lake Geneva High School in 1886 and after his graduation he taught school for a period of two years after which he worked his way through the State University. After his graduation from the University he taught school for a number of years in the city of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He was admitted to the bar in 1903 and moved to Milwaukee in 1906 where he is engaged In the practice of law. He was elected to the assembly in 1908 receiving 1,671 votes against 1,356 for George A. Knapp (Soc. Dem.) and 1,148 votes for Frank B. Ammon (Rep.) 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/kalaher975gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb