Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....TOWERS, JAMBS S.
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Tina Vickery tsvickery@gmail.com December 9, 2007, 9:05 am

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.

COLUMBIA COUNTY. First District. The towns of Arlington,
Caledonia, Dekorra, Fort Winnebago, Lewiston, Lodi, New
Port, Pacific and West Point, the villages of Kilbourn
City, Lodi and Poynette, and the city of Portage.
Population, 19001-15,117.

JAMBS S. TOWERS (Rep.) was born on a farm in the town of
Caledonia, Columbia county, Wisconsin, April 24th, 1859,
and still lives in the same town; is a farmer and received
a common school education with the exception of one term
in the Portage high school. He has represented Caledonia
on the county board for five years, is now a member of
that body and is a director of the Merrimac State Bank. He
was elected to the assembly in 1908, receiving 1,849 votes
against 1,317 for William Morrisey (Dem.), and 69 for Fred
J. Coopman (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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