Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....MORRIS, THOMAS
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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

THIRTY-SECOND SENATORIAL DISTRICT.

La Crosse and Trempealeau counties. Population, 1900—
66,111.

THOMAS MORRIS (Rep.), of La Crosse, was born on a farm
near Bedford, Canada, December 9, 1861. He received his
education in the common schools of Canada and the Bedford
Academy. He is a lawyer, having graduated from the
Wisconsin University Law School in 1889, and is a member
of the law firm of Morris & Hartwell, at La Crosse. He was
elected district attorney of La Crosse county in 1898, and
was re-elected in 1900. He was twice elected chairman of
the Republican Congressional Committee of the Seventh
Congressional District, and resigned the position when he
became a candidate for the senate, at the last election.
At present he is a member of the State Board of Normal
School Regents. Mr. Morris was elected to the state senate
in 1904 and again in 1908 receiving 8,475 votes against
1,251 votes for Peter Gullickson (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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