Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....LYONS, E. H. ************************************************ 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 5, 2007, 12:14 pm Author: Beck, J. D. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE. SENATE. The senate is composed of thirty-three members, who hold office for four years and receive $500 each for their services at each regular session. Members of the senate, session of 1907, representing odd-numbered districts, were elected in 1906. Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1911. Those representing even-numbered districts were elected in 1908. Their terms will end Jan. 1, 1913. The lieutenant-governor is president of the senate, but can vote only in case of a tie. A temporary president, to act in the absence of the president, is chosen by the members of the senate. The senate of 1909 contains 38 republicans, 4 democrats, and one social democrat. Lieutenant-Governor John Strange, president; Jas. H. Stout, president pro tem; F. E. Andrews, chief clerk; R. C. Falconer, sergeant-at-arm EIGHTEENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT. Fond du Lac and Green Lake counties. Population, 1900—63,886. E. H. LYONS (Rep.) was born in Athens county, Ohio, December 22, 1855, and removed to Fond du Lac county with his parents when but five months old. He lived on a farm until 1885, at which time he entered the general mercantile business at Eden, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin. He was appointed postmaster in 1895 and continued seven years; was elected county treasurer in 1902 and again in 1901; retired from the mercantile business in 1902, and engaged in the manufacture of lime. At present he is the president of the Standard Lime & Stone Co., also vice-president of the Badger Pressed Brick Co., whose home offices are at Fond flu Lac, Wisconsin. He was elected state senator in November, receiving 8,160 votes against 6,874 votes for B. E. Sampson (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/lyons900gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb