Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....LEDVINA, LAWRENCE W.
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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.

MANITOWOC COUNTS.

Second District. The towns of Cato, Cooperstown, Eaton,
Franklin, Gibson, Kossuth, Maple Grove, Mishicott,
Rockland, Schleswig, Two Creeks, and Two Rivers, the
villages of Kiel and Reedsville, and the city of Two
Rivers. Population, 1900-21,918.

LAWRENCE W. LEDVINA (Rep.), of Two Rivers, was born in the
town of Franklin, Manitowoc county, September 28, 1880. He
attended the common and parochial schools of that county
and at the age of sixteen began teaching school, which
profession he followed for six years at Kellnersville and
in the town of Manitowoc Rapids. In 1902 he was elected
president of the Manitowoc County Teachers' Association.
Graduated from the law department of the University of
Wisconsin in 1906. He is at present engaged in the
practice of law at Two Rivers. He holds the highest
national office, that of chief justice in the Phi Alpha
Delta Law Fraternity. In the last four campaigns he was
engaged in campaigning in the Bohemian language under the
auspices of the National Republican Committee. 'He was
elected to the assembly in 1904 being the youngest member
that session and the only Republican ever elected from his
district. He was elected again in 1906 and was re-elected
in 1908, receiving 2,183 votes against 672 votes for
Joseph Konop (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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