Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....MORSE, ELMER A. ************************************************ 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 3, 2007, 10:08 am Author: Beck, J. D. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. TENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Ashland, Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Price, Shawano, Taylor, Vilas and Wood counties. Population in 1900—190,975. ELMER A. MORSE (Rep.), of Antigo, Wisconsin, was born in Racine county in 1870; was educated in the common schools of Racine county; graduated from Ripon College in 1893, then served four years as superintendent of schools of Racine county; entered the law school at Wisconsin university and was admitted to the bar in 1900. He commenced practicing law in the city of Antigo in the year 1900 and has been actively engaged in the practice since that time. He served two terms as city attorney of the city of Antigo resigning during third term. He has always resided in Wisconsin. He was elected member of the 60th congress in 1906 and re-elected to 61st congress in 1908, receiving 28,081 votes, against 16,777 for Wells M. Ruggles (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/morse869gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb