Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....PEARSON, CHARLES L.
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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

TWENTY-SEVENTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT.

Columbia and Sauk counties. Population,
1900—64,137.

CHARLES L. PEARSON (Dem.) was born forty-six years ago in
the town of Buffalo, Marquette county, Wis., and came with
his parents to the township of Greenfield, near Baraboo,
in the year 1870. He attended school in Greenfield and
Baraboo and a business college in Janesville. He was a
railroad telegraph operator for a few years, leaving the
service of his own accord to engage in farming and fruit
growing. After, operating a farm in West Point, Columbia
county, for four years, he purchased the old homestead,
where he has since lived. Mr. Pearson has held various
local offices, and is an active member of the Wisconsin
State Horticultural society. He was elected to the state
senate in 1906, receiving 4,628 votes against 4,546 for M.
F. Foley (Rep.), and 343 for T. R. White (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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