Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....STACK, JAMES S.
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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.

DOUGLAS COUNTY.

First District. The 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th wards of
the city of Superior. Population, 1900—18,040.

JAMES S. STACK (Rep.) was born on a farm near Detroit,
Michigan, September 14th, 1852. The family removed to
Ishpeming, Michigan, in 1864 and to Brown county,
Minnesota, in 1869. He was educated in the public schools
of Ishpeming and Mankato, Minnesota. Located in Fargo,
North Dakota, in 1873 and engaged in the land business,
was municipal judge of Fargo from 1875 to 1885. Was
married in 1878 to Rose I. Crandall, who died in 1888,
leaving three sons, all of whom reside in Superior. Came
to Superior in 1887 and engaged in the hotel business for
two years, was Indian agent at Cloquet, Minnesota, from
1889 to 1891. Was under-sheriff of Douglas county six
years and deputy railroad commissioner from 1899 to 1908.
He was elected to the assembly in 1908, receiving 1,581
votes against 729 for Carl Hauton (Dem.), 331 for O. W.
Wilcox (Soc. Dem.), and 128 for C. H. Shong (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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