Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....LENROOT, IRVINE L.
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Author: Beck, J. D.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa, Douglas, Dunn,
Pierce, Poll;, Rusk. St. Croix, Sawyer and
Washburn counties. Population in 1900—217,650.

IRVINE L. LENROOT (Rep.), is a native of Wisconsin, born
at Superior in 1869. His parents emigrated to this country
from Sweden in 1855 and settled in Wisconsin in 1856. Mr.
Lenroot received a common school education, became a
stenographer and studied law. He was admitted to the bar
in 1897. He has always been a Republican, actively
interested in politics. In 1900 he was elected a member of
the Wisconsin Assembly. Re-elected in 1903 he was elected
Speaker of the Assembly, and re-elected in 1905. In 1906
Mr. Lenroot was a candidate for the Republican nomination
for Governor of Wisconsin, but was defeated. At the
session of the legislature of 1907 he was a candidate to
succeed Senator Spooner in the United States Senate. A
deadlock lasting eight weeks was created, Mr. Lenroot
being one of the lending candidates. He finally withdrew
and Hon. Isaac Stephenson was elected. In 1903 he became a
candidate for member of congress, and defeated Hon. J. J.
Jenkins for the Republican nomination by a majority of
6,530 votes, and at the November election was elected,
receiving 30,104 votes to 10,467 votes for his democratic
opponent J. S. Konkel and 1,117 for E. B. Harris (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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