Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....SMITH, SIMON
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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.

ROCK COUNTY.

Third District. The towns of Avon, Beloit, Clinton,
Newark, Plymouth and Turtle, the village of Clinton, and
the city of Beloit. Population, 1900—17,310.

SIMON SMITH (Rep.), Beloit Wis., was born in Axbridge,
England, November 14th, 1889; came to this country with
his parents when a boy; received a common school
education; settled in Beloit in 1856. At the breaking out
of the civil war be enlisted in Company D, 15th Illinois
Infantry, of which he was a member for four years and four
months, participating in all the battles fought by the
Army of the Tennessee. After the war he returned to Beloit
and engaged in the painting business; is now retired. Has
been a member of the county board twenty-three years; was
for two years chairman of the board. Was mayor of the city
of Beloit from April, 1899, to April, 1901; has always
been a Republican in politics. He was elected to the
assembly in 1906 and reelected in 1908, receiving 3,362
votes against 904 for Matt. Lathers (Dem.), and 118 for F.
J. Heneke (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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