Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....SHEARER, CONRAD October 18, 1874 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tina Vickery tsvickery@adelphia.net March 12, 2007, 3:16 pm Author: The State Printing Board, Compiled and Published. KENOSHA COUNTY First District. The first, second, third, sixth, seventh and ninth wards of the city of Kenosha. CONRAD SHEARER (Rep.) was born on a farm in Somers township, Kenosha county, Wisconsin, Oct. 18, 1874. He received his early education in the country schools and later in the Kenosha high school, graduating from that institution in June, 1895. Having secured a teacher's certificate before completing his high school course, he decided to enter the teaching profession, and in September, 1895, he left the farm and commenced the duties of school-teacher. After a period of six years in this work, he entered the State Normal School at Milwaukee for a teacher's course. During his three years in the Normal, he was particularly active in the school debating society and served as a member of the team that defeated Oshkosh in 1904. As president of his class, he took the lead in all class movements up to the time of his graduation in March, 1905. After teaching for the balance of the year, in the Twelfth District No. 1, Milwaukee, he returned to Kenosha and accepted a situation as general delivery and stamp clerk in the local post office. This position he held until October, 1907, when the representatives of industry in Kenosha decided to form an association and open executive offices in the down town district. Mr. Shearer was selected as secretary and general manager of their offices, which position he has held for over fifteen years. During this time he has interviewed personally over one hundred thousand individuals seeking employment in industry and is intimately acquainted with most of the factory employees of his city. In the line of service in public office, Mr. Shearer was elected alderman from his ward in 1913 and served on the Kenosha Common Council for six years. During this time he was chairman of the Committee on Finance, and in 1917 and 1918 was president of the Council. On retiring from the Council in 1919, he was named a City Park Commissioner, serving in that capacity until November, 1922, when the new form of city government released the Park Commission. He was elected to the assembly in November, 1922, receiving 3,406 votes to Andrew Anderson (Ind. Dem.) 734 votes. Additional Comments: The Wisconsin Blue Book. The State Printing Board, 1923. 598 - 640. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1923/bios/shearer86nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb