Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....McCONNELL, JOHN E.
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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.


LA CKOSSE COUNTY.

First District. The town of Campbell and the 1st, 2d, 4th,
5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th,
18th, 19th and 20th wards of the elty of La Crosse.
Population,  1900—21,840.

JOHN E. McCONNELL (Rep.) was born in the town of
Farmington, La Crosse county, Wisconsin, on the 8th day of
December, 1863. He was educated in the public schools of
La Crosse county and in the state university, from which
he was graduated in 1887. He then studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1889 and has since his admission
practiced his profession at La Crosse. He was elected
district attorney of La Crosse county in 1894 and served
four years. In 1904 he was elected chairman of the
Republican county committee of La Crosse county and served
as such through the campaigns of 1904 and 1908. He was
elected a member of the assembly in 1908, receiving 2,317
votes against 1,837 for James T. Day (Dem.), 76 for Earl
G.  Staats (Pro.).

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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