Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....THOMAS, JAMES E.
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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.

WAUKESHA COUNTY.

First District. The towns of Eagle, Genesee, Muk-wonago,
Muskego, New Berlin, Ottawa, Vernon and Waukesha, the
village of Eagle, the village of Mukwonago and the city of
Waukesha. Population, 1900— 17,364.

JAMES E. THOMAS (Rep.) was born on a farm in the town of
Delafleld, Waukesha county, Wisconsin, September 21, 1872,
and attended the public school at Delafleld. Later he
attended Carroll College at Waukesha, Wisconsin, and was
graduated from that institution in the class of 1898. He
then entered the University of Wisconsin and was graduated
from the university in 1896, receiving the degree of B. A.
During the two years following his graduation he taught in
the East Troy high school in Walworth county, Wisconsin,
and for the succeeding five years was principal of the
schools at Escondido, California. He then returned to
Wisconsin and took up the study of law in the college of
law at the state university, and was graduated from the
law school in 1905. After graduation he formed a
partnership with Mr. Milo Muekleston, under the firm name
of Muekleston & Thomas at Waukesha, Wisconsin. During the
campaign of 1908 he was chairman of the Republican county
committee of Waukesha county, and also secretary of the
Republican state central committee. He was elected to the
assembly in 1908, receiving 8,287 votes against 1,711 for
J. M. McGovern (Dem.), and 98 for G. O. Duncan (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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