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

DOOR   COUNTY.

One District.  Population, 1900—17,588.

THOMAS REYNOLDS (Rep.) was born in Ireland on the 17th of
March, 1840; came to the United States in 1866; ran a farm
in the town of Burke, Dane county, one year; came to Door
county in the winter of 1866 and '67; got out cord wood
and cedar posts for the Chicago market for eight years;
then commenced farming, which occupation he has followed
since; has been a member of the county board for eight
years; attended the national schools in Ireland; had to
stop, going to school early in life, being obliged to help
his father on the little farm in order to enable him to
pay the rent and taxes, the privileged class in that
country imposed on him. He was elected to the assembly in
1906 and reelected in 1908, receiving 2,232 votes against
577 for C. L. Fallows (Ind.), and 46 for G. W. Allen (Soc.
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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