Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....WEBBER, FRANK J.
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Tina Vickery tsvickery@gmail.com December 11, 2007, 10:11 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.

MILWAUKEE COUNTY.

Sixteenth District. The 20th ward of the city of
Milwaukee. Population, 1900—16,868.

FRANK J. WEBBER (Soc. Dem.) was born in the city of
Milwaukee, August 7th, 1849. At the age of three years he
removed with his parents to Grafton, Ozaukee county. He
learned the trade of seaman, in which capacity he visited
all the most important seaports of the world. He has been
a member of a labor organization for forty years. He
organized the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor in 1893
and has been continually an officer thereof. He is also
one of the general organizers of the American Federation
of Labor. He was elected to the assembly in 1906 and re-
elected in 1908, receiving 1,799 votes against 1,880 for
Louis Goulki (Rep.), and 825 for Charles Newser (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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