Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....PICKART, CHRISTIAN ************************************************ 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 10, 2007, 4:39 pm 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. FOND DU LAC COUNTY. First District. The towns of Calumet, Empire, Fond du Lac, Forest, Friendship, Marshfield and Taycheedah, and the city of Fond du Lac. Population, 1900— 24,041. CHRISTIAN PICKART (Dem.) was born in the town of Marshfield, Fond du Lac county, Wis., Nov. 15, 1870; received a common school education; was a cheese manufacturer from 1886 to 1892, when he entered the mercantile business in company with his brother Joseph, in which business he is still engaged; he has been town clerk of his town five years; organized a new school district in his town and has been clerk of the same since its organization; was elected member of assembly in 1904, 1906, and was re-elected to 1908, receiving 3,173 votes against 2,795 for Henry M. Felleny (Rep.) and 104 for John B. Fellerath (Soc. 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/pickart947gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb