Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....HALVERSON, BEN 
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Author: The State Printing Board, Compiled and Published.

PORTAGE COUNTY 

BEN HALVERSON (Rep.) was born Sept. 18, 1863, in the town of
New. Hope, Portage county. He received a common school and
Stevens Point high school education. He has been engaged in
farming and has been a dealer in pumps and windmills, 1890-
1902. In 1902 he was elected county treasurer of Portage
county and re-elected in 1904, holding the office until Jan.
1, 1907. He then returned to the farm and has been engaged in
farming since. He held the position of town chairman 1907, and
is now chairman of the county state road and bridge committee
holding that office for the past six years and has been
chairman of the county board for three years. He is president
of the New Hope Norwegian Ins. Company and has held this
position for fifteen years. He was elected to the assembly in
November, 1922, receiving 4,087 votes to 2,597 for James Tovey
(Dem.).




Additional Comments:
The Wisconsin Blue Book. The State Printing Board, 1923. 598 -
640. 

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