Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....SHAFFER , C. E. ************************************************ 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 11, 2007, 3:48 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. OFFICERS OF THIS ASSEMBLY. CHIEF CLERK. C. E. SHAFFER (Rep.) is a native of Dane county and was born and raised on a farm where, with the exception of the time spent at school, he worked until the age of twenty-one. He was educated in the common schools, private academy and a business college. He taught in district and graded schools and in 19O0-01 was instructor in mathematics and bookkeeping in the Madison Business College. He was elected chief clerk of the assembly January 9, 1907, and again in January, 1909. He is Secretary of the Republican county committee of Dane county, to which position he was elected in 1906 and re- elected in 1908. He is a resident of the city of Madison and since 1901 has been engaged in th real estate and insurance business. 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/shaffer1021gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb