Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....LE ROY, EDWARD WEBSTER
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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.

MARINETTE COUNTY.

First District. The city of Marinette. Population,
1900—16,195.

EDWARD WEBSTER LE ROY (Rep.) was born January 30, 1874, in
the city of Marinette. He was educated in the Marinette
public schools. He held the position of city editor of the
Daily Eagle at the time of his first election to the
assembly. Later he was editor of the Daily Star and is now
one of the editors and proprietors of the Daily Eagle-
Star. He was elected to the assembly in 1902, 1904, 1906
and was re-elected in 1908, receiving 1,812 votes against
590 for Joseph Maurer (Dem.), and 624 for Otto Nelson
(Pro.). Mr. Le Roy was elected speaker pro tern, during
the 1909 session to preside during the absence of Speaker
Bancroft. He was chairman of the committee which drew the
public utilities act in the 1907 session.

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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